Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 9th, 2004
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Chronic Liver Disease - Interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10 denotes HCV-linked liver status
Fatty Liver Disease - The etiology of liver steatosis is often virus-related
Finance - Genomic-marker company completes $5.4 million series A financing
HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Liver transplantation feasible in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients
Hepatitis A Vaccine - Two-dose hepatitis A vaccine effective in Thai children
Hepatitis B Virus - CHO cell clones expressing hepatitis B surface protein screened
Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B infection appears to trigger adult-onset Still disease
Hepatitis B Virus - Preliminary testing of hepatitis B test kit meets expectations
Hepatitis C Therapy - Hepatitis vaccine collaboration signed
Hepatitis C Therapy - Phase I trials of Actilon initiated
Hepatitis C Virus - Company announces development of two new molecules to battle virus
Viral Genomics - The INNO-LiPA HBV identifies mixed genotypes in difficult samples
Hepatitis E Vaccine - HEV-neutralizing antibodies recognize antigen of ORF2 protein vaccine
Immunology - Hepatitis C virus NS4 uses subversive tactics to thwart Th1 response
Inflammatory Response - Interleukin-18-binding protein staunches inflammatory response in mouse livers
Liver Cancer - Antisense suppression of DDEFL1 blocks hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth
Mutagenesis - Keratin polypeptide gene deletions heighten susceptibility to liver injury
Occupational Health - The face and eyes provide a means for occupational acquisition of hepatitis C
Public Health Practice - Viral hepatitis rates in Lower Saxony reflect common disease risk factors
Sexually Transmitted Disease - Many men would rather cope with STDs than use condoms, study finds
Tumor Suppression - Heterozygous disruption of the beclin 1 autophagy gene promotes tumorigenesis
Vaccine Safety - Infant develops Kawasaki disease after hepatitis B vaccination
Addiction Medicine - Alcohol has a dose-dependent effect on endothelial adhesion molecules
Endocrinology - Endocrine factors underlie bone disease in cirrhotic men and women
Hematology - Lamivudine prevents HBV flare in leukemia patients treated with campath-1H
Oncology - Hepatitis B virus X protein is involved in the etiology of liver cancer
Collaborations - Metabasis joins forces to develop hepatitis C therapeutic
DNA Vaccine - Hepatitis delta antigens cause varied immunity in mice
Epidemiology - Hepatitis B virus pre-S mutants flourish in countries with HBV endemicity
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