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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 11th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Cancer Therapy - Cancer patients with viral hepatitis benefit from hepatic artery chemotherapy

Hepatitis B Prevention - Hepatitis B vaccine does not stop viral recurrence after liver transplantation

Hepatitis B Therapy - Interferon triggers anti-inflammatory activity in chronic hepatitis B patients

Oncology - Genes predispose breast cancer patients to tamoxifen-induced fatty liver

Virology - Several factors drive the effect of donor age on liver transplant outcomes

Adverse Drug Reaction - Alemtuzumab immunotherapy reactivates hepatitis B virus infection

Business & Finance - Prestara maker reports 2004 revenues of $5.6 million

Business Update - Global Access Program for HIV therapies to include additional countries

Cancer Therapy - Interferon and perindopril combine to fight angiogenesis and cancer growth

Chronic Hepatitis B - Screenings for hepatitis B antigen predict treatment response to lamivudine

Chronic Hepatitis C - Suppressor of cytokine signalling-1 may host interferon resistance

Virology - Reports advance knowledge in virology research

Chronic Liver Disease - Interferon limits fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis B patients

Cirrhosis - Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage

Diagnostics - FDA approves COBAS AmpliScreen hepatitis C and HIV-1 tests

Diagnostics - Genetic patterns emerge in patients on interferon for chronic hepatitis C

Drug Abuse - Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users

Drug Delivery - Research add new data to drug delivery body of knowledge

Virology - Reports describe recent advances in virology research

Drug Development - FDA panel recommends approval of Baraclude for hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Therapy - Hepatitis B virus polymerase gene mutations reduce clinical outcomes

Hepatitis B Virus Therapy - Antiviral pressure is low among those infected with hepatitis B in Vietnam

Hepatitis C Awareness - Hepatitis C Caring Ambassadors Program launches online activist resource center

Hepatitis C Therapy - Early treatment of acute hepatitis C benefits patients coinfected with HIV

Hepatitis C Therapy - Nucleotide inhibitors staunch hepatitis C virus replicase

Hepatitis C Therapy - Viramidine achieves steady state levels in patients with hepatitis C

Hepatology - Cytoprotective TNF-alpha-inducible proteins identified in mouse liver

Hepatology - Stress-activated MAPKs mediate rubratoxin B-induced hepatotoxicity

Influenza Vaccine - Chinese government grants new drug certificate for split flu vaccine

Liver Cancer - Aberrant Pim-3 expression encourages hepatocellular carcinoma proliferation

Liver Cancer - Gefitinib prevents hepatocellular carcinoma development in cirrhotic liver

Liver Cancer - Molecular mechanisms of Fenretinide clarified

Liver Failure - Utility of albumin dialysis reviewed

Liver Transplantation - Common hepatic artery tubing facilitates arterial reconstruction

Mutagenesis - Hepatitis C type 1b E2-PePHD mutations are not linked to treatment response

Occupational Health - Workers chronically exposed to trichloroethylene need periodic screenings

Oncology - Hepatitis C genotypes are similar in patients with hemopoietic malignancies

Oncology - Studies describe new findings in oncology research

Pharmaceutical Research - The pharmacokinetics of nelfinavir change in HCV and HIV coinfected patients

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Mycophenolate mofetil marginally effective as PSC therapy

SARS Coronavirus - New data illuminates research in SARS coronavirus

Transplant Medicine - Donor age has no effect on long-term liver transplant survival

Transplant Medicine - Kidney transplant recipients experience hepatitis B virus reactivation

Transplant Medicine - Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors

Vaccine Development - Lipopolysaccharide eclipses hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid immunogenicity

Vector Development - Recombinant viral capsids are efficient oligonucleotide delivery vehicles

Virology - Hepatitis B genotype D often causes acute liver failure

Virology - Hepatitis C virus protein mutations fuel antiviral resistance

Virology - Molecular beacons quantify lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus mutants

Virology - New data illuminates research in virology

Virology - Newly identified protein may inhibit hepatitis virus

Zinc Deficiency - Molecular changes in hepatic lipid metabolism identified in rats

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