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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 16th, 2004

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Aplastic Anemia - T-cell repertoire returns to normal in HAA recovery

Hepatitis & Cancer - Expression of HCV core protein impairs DNA repair in human hepatoma cells

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV genotypes and precore and core mutants studied in Brazilian patients

Hepatitis C Virus - Enrichment technique to detect hepatitis-specific T cells studied

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV associated with diabetes after kidney transplant in patients on tacrolimus

Cancer Therapy - Pharma company reports progress in aurora kinase program for treatment of cancer

Drug Development - Hepatic CYP isoforms inhibited by mGluR5 antagonists

Drug Development - New breed of vaccine-producing plants aims to fight human diseases worldwide

Finance - Drug company reports lower sales and earnings for 2004 second quarter

Gene Expression - Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1beta-regulated genes identified

Genomics - Hepatitis B genotype D distinguished from non-D using polymerase chain reaction

Genomics and Genetics - Genomic and metabolic effects of fatty liver disease clarified

HIV, Hepatitis C - Journal publishes results of PEGASYS trial in HIV-HCV co-infected patients

Hepatitis - Application filed with U.S. FDA to market hepatitis C medication for hepatitis B

Hepatitis - New hepatitis B indication filed for PEGASYS filed in U.S., E.U. and Switzerland

Hepatitis A Virus - Health official says no errors made in hepatitis scare

Hepatitis A Virus - Wendy's worker tests positive for hepatitis A in Marion

Hepatitis C - Hepatitis C virus kinetics and host responses in chimpanzees determined

Hepatitis C - Scientists visualize details of how hepatitis C unwinds RNA

Hepatitis C Therapy - Phase II clinical study initiated for IDN-6556 in hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Therapy - Researchers identify better hepatitis C treatment for people with HIV

Hepatitis C Vaccine - Chimpanzee model plays key role in study of hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - Chemokines and CCR5 interaction critical in regulating T cell function

Hepatitis C Virus - CpG oligodeoxynucleotides promising class of drugs for HCV infection

Hepatitis C Virus - Intravenous drug abuse associated with high risk of HIV/HCV coinfection

Hepatitis C Virus - Study looks at hepatitis antibody in bone marrow transplant patients

Hepatitis C Virus - Transjugular liver biopsy safe in HCV patients with bleeding disorders

Hepatitis C/HIV - Co-infected HCV/HIV patients achieve sustained response with Pegasys and Copegus

Hepatitis Epidemiology - HBV and HCV seromarker prevalence among blood donors in Saudi Arabia reported

Maple Syrup Urine Disease - Liver transplantation being developed as cure for MSUD

Patents - Notice of allowance issued for patent application covering Neugene

Stem Cell Research - Bipotential embryonic liver stem cells contribute to liver regeneration

Stem Cell Research - Hematopoietic stem cells convert into liver cells within days without fusion

Stem Cell Research - Hepatocytes promote expansion and differentiation of NK cells from SC precursors

Stem Cell Research - Microfluidic PDMS bioreactor developed for large-scale culture of hepatocytes

Transplant Medicine - Child-Pugh classification predicts survival better than MELD in liver transplant

Transplant Medicine - Short-term graft survival for hepatitis C patients is lower from older donors

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