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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . January 3rd, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Chronic Hepatitis C - High alpha-fetoprotein in hepatitis patients may not signal cancer

Liver Transplantation - Donor HLA allele-restricted CD8+ T cells may control HCV in liver grafts

Liver Transplantation - Lymphoid depletion and immunosuppression weaning extend liver graft survival

Vaccine Development - Encapsulated hepatitis B antigen boosts immunogenicity with a single dose

Viral Persistence - HCV core protein interacts with detergent-resistant membranes with specificity

Adverse Side Effects - Treatment for superficial bladder cancer generates hepatitis

Business Update - Healthcare services company signs distribution, purchasing agreements

Chronic Liver Disease - The senescence accelerated mouse strain 8 models human liver pathology

Collaborations - Companies to develop, commercialize Achillion's hepatitis C compounds

Diagnostics - HBV DNA present in WHO International Standard for HIV-1 RNA

End-Stage Liver Disease - Recurrent hepatitis and immunosuppression hamper liver transplantation

Environmental Health - Liver enzyme metabolism triggers thiophene neurotoxicity

Enzymology - Calpain proteases contribute to hepatitis C virus NS5A protein processing

Epidemiology - Prenatal screening and infant vaccination would reduce HBV prevalence in France

Hepatitis - Biotech companies sign manufacturing agreement for Belerofon

Hepatitis B Virus - Positive interim results from phase II/III hepatitis B vaccine trial

Hepatitis C - Maryland hepatitis outbreak may be from medical tests

Hepatitis C - Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein blocks HCV IRES-mediated translation

Hepatitis C Therapy - Pegylated interferon used for hepatitis C in interferon nonresponders

Hepatitis C Virus - Chiron inks agreement for hepatitis C plasma testing

Immunology - Anti-TNF has good safety profiles in those with chronic viral infections

Influenza - Pennsylvania Department of Health confirms first influenza case

Lipid Studies - Effects of cholesterol transporters on bile acid synthesis determined

Liver Cancer - Alpha2 -macroglobulin marks obscure hepatocellular (pre)neoplastic lesions

Liver Cancer - Scientists hunt for "secret X" to treat liver cancer

Liver Transplantation - Micafungin in living donor liver recipients: Dosage and disposition

Liver Transplantation - Predictors of transplant outcome in pediatric FHF patients identified

Personnel - Biotech company appoints chief scientific officer

Personnel - Biotechnology company names new member to scientific advisory board

Stock Market - Sinovac Biotech Ltd. begins trading on American Stock Exchange

Surgical Technology - Combined CABG and orthotopic liver transplantation feasible

Vaccine Schedules - Two-dose regimens improve adolescent hepatitis B vaccination uptake

Viral Genomics - Viral heterogeneity is uncommon in Turkish patients with hepatitis infections

Viral Proteomics - Insect cells highlight the binding properties of hepatitis C core protein

Virology - GB virus C/hepatitis G virus flourishes in Brazilian renal disease patients

Virology - Hepatocytes contain factors limiting excess hepatitis C virus RNA replication

Virology - Small interfering RNA inhibits the replication of hepatitis viruses

Virology - Vitamin B-12 and hepatitis C core protein staunch translation differentially

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