Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common in the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV)-infected patient because of shared modes of transmission. HBV does not appear to alter HIV disease ...

“In the Hep. B field, we’ve always thought that HBV was an ancient pathogen of humans, but there hasn’t been any evidence” older than about 400 years, until this study, Margaret Littlejohn, a senior ...

When Wendy Lo was pregnant with her first child, she lost sleep over whether she would transmit her chronic hepatitis B infection to him. Her doctor reassured her that if they vaccinated him within 24 ...

The only lab in the U.S. capable of testing for and tracking antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, or “super gonorrhea,” was ...

This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child transmission during childbirth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

Shares of Precision BioSciences DTIL rallied 23.8% on Tuesday after the company’s announcement that the FDA has granted Fast ...

The U.S. capacity to battle hepatitis B and C has been leveled a devastating blow with the recent closure of the CDC’s ...

The management of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) during pregnancy remains a challenge ... there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the ...

Currently, there is no feline vaccine for the hepatitis B virus, and the hepatitis B vaccine for humans is highly toxic to ...

Background and goal: Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids. They are considered protected if they have a hepatitis B ...

The highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease inflames the liver and has seen rising outbreaks among men who have sex ...

This is DTIL’s lead, fully owned in vivo gene editing program aimed at curing chronic hepatitis B by eliminating cccDNA — the primary source of replicating hepatitis B virus (HBV ...