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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 7th, 2005

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Diabetes Risk Factors - Hepatitis C virus infection triggers diabetes in liver graft recipients

Diagnostics - Qualitative multiplex RT-PCR offers simultaneous detection of HIV and HCV

Oncology - Low platelet counts denote multicentricity in HCV-related liver cancer

Transplant Medicine - Adefovir resolves drug-resistant hepatitis B after liver transplantation

Vaccine Development - The adjuvant CPG 7909 may allow two-dose hepatitis B vaccine regimens

Allergy and Immunology - Anhydrase II antibody is not a prognostic marker of autoimmune pancreatitis

Allergy and Immunology - Circulating dendritic cells fall short in hepatitis B virus-infected humans

Anti-Infectives - Grapefruit juice enhances antischistosomal effects of artemether

Business & Finance - Emtriva maker reports increased Q4 and full-year revenues

Chronic Hepatitis C - Triple combination therapy benefits previous hepatitis C non-responders

Chronic Liver Disease - Metallothionein gene therapy reverses liver fibrosis in mice

Chronic Liver Disease - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects patients with hepatitis C adversely

Chronic Liver Disease - The incidence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is expected to rise in Japan

Chronic Liver Disease - Various factors influence chronic hepatitis C-related fibrosis progression

Collaborations - Fuji announces partnership to develop Hansenula-based production strains

Diagnostics - Researchers' data advance diagnostics research

Drug Development - Thymalfasin may treat patients with chronic hepatitis B

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Endovascular treatment of hepatic artery aneurysm effective in EDS patient

Enzymology - Recent findings illuminate research in enzymology

Fatty Liver Disease - Weight loss surgeries can improve or correct liver diseases

Finance - Pharmaceutical company announces 2004 financial results

Hematology - Hepatitis C therapy alters hematological parameters in HIV-coinfected patients

Hepatitis A - Vaccination programs reaching many children but need to reach more.

Hepatitis B Vaccine - European approval announced for Fendrix, GSK's hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis C - Liver-targeted drug delivery article published in journal

Hepatitis C - Research describes how hepatitis C short-circuits the immune system

Hepatitis C Therapy - Enrollment, randomization, dosing completed in Albuferon phase II trial

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Clusterin overexpression has prognostic value

Hepatology - Beta2 -glycoprotein I inhibits liposome uptake by liver cells

Liver Cancer - Ablation success confirmed by pathologic examination

Liver Cancer - Coffee may help prevent liver cancer

Liver Cancer - Nobiletin inhibits hepatocarcinoma cell proliferation in vitro

Liver Cancer - Radiologists offer nonsurgical treatment for early-stage liver cancer

Liver Cancer - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of liver cancer

Liver Failure - Heightened mortality rate linked to acute liver failure patients

Obstetrics - High maternal hepatitis C virus levels cause transmission to fetuses

Personnel - Biotechnology pharmaceutical company announces two senior management changes

Personnel - Dr. Joseph Rubinfeld resigns from board of Nipent maker

Proteomics - Core protein processing varies with hepatitis C virus genotype

RNA Research - Progress reported on infectious disease program using Neugene antisense drugs

Stem Cell Research - PU.1 necessary for maintenance of fetal liver hematopoietic stem cells

Transdermal Drug Delivery - Magnolia lily oil improves skin permeation of theophylline and cianidanol

Transplant Medicine - Adult living donor liver grafts meet the demand for donated organs

Transplant Medicine - Family history is a diabetes risk factor in liver graft candidates

Transplant Medicine - Preoperative prophylaxis aids patients given HBV-related liver transplants

Virology - Bone marrow transplantation raises the risk for viral reactivation

Virology - Data advance knowledge in virology research

Virology - Hepatitis B virus genotype D backs aggressive liver disease

Virology - Recent findings illuminate research in virology

Virology - Reports add new data to virology research

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