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 ...

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. Hepatitis A can make you feel like you have the flu. The first ...

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 ...

a checkpoint modifier immunotherapy being analysed as a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The multicentre, open-label, dose-escalation, prime only, and prime plus ...

The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) updated its clinical practice guidelines for managing hepatitis B reactivation (HBVr) in at-risk individuals, recommending antiviral prophylaxis for ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to brelovitug (BJT-778) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis delta (CHD).

An antisense drug in development at GSK has shown further activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a mid-stage trial, setting up a phase 3 assessment next year to see if it could offer a ...

Existing treatment criteria for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are mainly based on data from observational studies, such as the REVEAL study from Taiwan, which was initiated in the early ...

HealthDay News — For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is associated with dose-dependent increased risks for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a review published online ...

Twenty-seven patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus infection (CHB ... multi-center, open-label, dose escalation, prime only, and prime plus boost, therapeutic immunotherapy study to evaluate ...