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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 23rd, 2005

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Chronic Hepatitis C - Hepatitis C core antigen may prevent liver injury in infected patients

Gastroenterology - Primary human hepatocytes repopulate the livers of chimeric mice

Oncology - Aberrant proteins are a hallmark of primary liver cancer progression

Transplant Medicine - Ribavirin promotes liver fibrosis in HCV-positive kidney recipients

Virology - Viral interactions accelerate non-Hodgkin lymphoma progression

Addiction Medicine - Immunostains discern alcoholic steatohepatitis from nonalcoholic disease

Allergy & Immunology - Heterologous T cell immunity impacts the severity of hepatitis C infection

Animal Studies - Tree shrews yield opportunities to study viral hepatitis and liver cancer

Autoimmune Disease - Immunosuppressives improve liver fibrosis in patients with autoimmune hepatitis

Bioartificial Liver - Coculture conditions improve liver epithelial differentiation

Biotechnology - Novel fusion protein prevents hepatic zonal necrosis in vitro

Virology - Researchers' findings advance virology research

Business & Finance - COLD-EEZE maker reports financial results

Business & Finance - Genomics company reports Q3 loss of $21 million

Business & Finance - Pharmaceutical company reports first quarter 2005 financial results

Chronic Liver Disease - Leptin treats steatosis in the livers of patients with lipodystrophy

Chronic Liver Disease - Nrf1 gene inactivation produces liver disease in mice

Drug Development - Company reports data on laboratory studies at European Liver Conference

Finance - Biomedical company announces first quarter results

Finance - Biopharma company announces $33.6 million in series A financing

Finance - Biopharmaceutical company announces first quarter financial results

Finance - Immuno-focused company reports Q1 revenue of $12.7 million

HIV/AIDS Research - Professor presented early findings on antiHIV activity of developing therapy

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Companies ink licensing and distribution agreement for Truvada and Viread

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Resurgex clinical study presented at international HIV/AIDS conference

Hepatitis A - Hepatitis A vaccinations seen as necessary for all foodservice workers

Hepatitis B Epidemiology - HBV G145R mutants have been transmitted to unrelated third degree contacts

Hepatitis B Prevention - Strategic measures would increase hepatitis B vaccine coverage among youth

Hepatitis C - Identification of genes predicts which patients will respond to treatment

Hepatitis C Therapy - The efficacy of BILN-2061 falters against hepatitis C genotypes 2 and 3

Hepatitis C Virus - Diagnostic test manufacturer completes registration in United Arab Emirates

Hydatid Cyst - Successful percutaneous treatment under ultrasound control reported

Immunology - Faulty T cell action propels HBV persistence in hepatitis B and C coinfections

Immunology - New research in the area of immunology detailed

Infectious Diseases - Viral variants abound in patients with primary hepatitis C virus infection

Liver Cancer - Antiangiogenic gene therapy treats tumors in hepatocellular carcinoma models

Liver Cancer - Molecular mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma development reviewed

Liver Cancer - Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma reviewed

Liver Cancer Therapy - Right inferior phrenic artery inflow can impair HAIC distribution

Liver Cirrhosis - Hepatitis B virus pre-S2 mutant fosters hepatic hyperplasia

Liver Disease - Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases

Liver Fibrosis - Triplex-forming oligonucleotide may cure chronic liver disease

Neuroscience - The significance of neurocognitive changes in hepatitis C patients is ambiguous

Obstetrics - Data advance knowledge in obstetrics research

Occupational Safety - Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV exposure for healthcare workers

Oncology - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Personnel - Biotechnology corporation strengthens management team

Personnel - THYMITAQ maker adds three new members to management team

Personnel - Therapeutics company announces promotion

Pharmacology - Gram-negative endotoxins have differential effects on drug metabolism

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Budesonide enhances efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid therapy

Proteomics - Hepatitis C virus 4A and 4B proteins transactivate the interleukin 8 promoter

Vaccine Development - Recombinant BCG containing hepatitis B surface antigens generates antibodies

Virology - Acute hepatitis B genotype A infection persists despite therapy

Virology - New findings in virology described

Virology - Rare hepatitis B genotypes reign in Japanese patients with HIV coinfection

Virology - Regulatory T cells provoke faulty immunity in chronic hepatitis B patients

West Nile Virus - Health department reminds public of precautions for West Nile virus

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