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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 27th, 2004

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Chronic Liver Disease - Silent hepatitis B does not alter hepatitis C-related liver disease

Environmental Health - Combined technologies detect hepatitis A virus in environmental samples

Immunology - Fine-needle aspiration biopsies predict how hepatitis C will respond to therapy

Liver Fibrosis - Hepatitis B virus X antigen activates fibrinogen gene expression

Recombinant Research - Lymphoblastoid interferon may clear hepatitis B better than recombinant therapy

Antiviral Therapy - Chronic hepatitis C nonresponders are a challenge to clinical management

Business & Finance - Novo Nordisk A/S completes investment in biopharma company

Cancer Therapy - J-tipped guidewire suitable for RPCS placement through subclavian artery

Chronic Hepatitis C - Over-reaction to CD1d-presented liver antigens promotes liver injury

Diagnostics - CMV-DNA and pp65-antigen tests predict human cytomegalovirus symptom onset

Disease Associations - Diabetes after kidney transplant on the rise

Disease Associations - Lymphoproliferative disorders flourish with hepatitis C virus infections

Finance - Biopharmaceutical company reports limited strong revenue growth for FY 2004

Gene Therapy - RNA interference is a potent tool for gene-specific therapeutics

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Dissociation found between serum and liver HCV RNA in HIV/HCV coinfection

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - HAART increases rate of hapatotoxicity in hepatitis C virus coinfection

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Hepatitis C virus type 5 highly prevalent in central France from 1996 to 2002

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Bayer Versant bDNA HIV and HCV assays run together for improved workflow

Hematology - Biopharma company confirms evidence of PBI-1402's positive effect

Hepatitis - Application filed to market Pegasys for hepatitis and AIDS coinfection

Hepatitis - Conserved hepatitis C E2 protein binding regions steer T-cell binding affinity

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine for hepatitis B infection therapy is promising

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Hepatitis vaccine nonresponse linked to impaired lymphocyte activation

Hepatitis B Virus - Structure of glycans in hepatitis B virus surface proteins determined

Hepatitis C - Report describes long-term outcomes for liver transplantation

Hepatitis C Virus - A novel C-terminal motif guides HCV core protein to mitochondrial localization

Hepatitis Delta Virus - Large hepatitis D virus antigen regulates amber/W editing and viral assembly

Hepatitis Vaccine - Enrollment complete for phase II/III hepatitis B prophylactic vaccine trial

Infection - A select series of steps guides hepatitis B virus entry into cells

Liver Cancer - 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-3 is a potent hepatocellular carcinoma destroyer

Liver Cancer - FDA will allow trials for the use of ThermoDox with RFA for liver cancer

Oncovirus - Occult hepatitis B virus in liver cancer is uncommon where chronicity is low

Pathology - Liver biopsies are essential for evaluating patients with chronic hepatitis C

Septic Shock - Effects of endotoxin on hepatic gene expression characterized

Stem Cell Research - Bone marrow stromal cells alternative source for SCT in liver repair

Transfusion Medicine - Fatalities caused by transfusion-related acute lung injury reviewed

Viral Genomics and Genetics - Adaptive mutations favor the replication of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a

Virology - Common viruses use La autoantigen for IRES-dependent translation

Virology - L surface antigen regulates superinfection exclusion in hepadnavirus infections

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