Catching HBV early can make a world of difference. Medical professionals typically use blood tests that check for signs of ...

Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus. A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of ...

At least one-third of the world's population has been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 400 million people are chronic carriers. In most populations, chronic HBV infection is the ...

While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the body's defences are unable to ...

Medically reviewed by Patricia Mikula, PharmD The majority of children and adults who receive the hepatitis B (hep B) virus ...

Aligos Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving patient outcomes through best-in-class ...

And if you’re pregnant, you can pass it on to your newborn. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C.

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid ...

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released an updated clinical practice guideline on the prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) in at-risk persons. The document ...

Durham-based Precision BioSciences Inc. has received investigational new drug (IND) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for PBGENE-HBV, an in vivo gene editing program designed ...