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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . July 4th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Adverse Drug Reaction - Patients with interferon-induced Graves disease fare better than others

Diagnostics - IgM anti-hepatitis C virus titers divulge the threat of acute hepatitis

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Murine liver tumors respond to combined suicide-cytokine gene therapy

Vaccine Development - Immunostimulatory adjuvant may be key to hepatitis C vaccine efficacy

Vaccine Development - Oligonucleotide prototype boosts immunological response to hepatitis B vaccine

Addiction Medicine - MELD scores are superior predictors of alcoholic hepatitis related mortality

Antiviral Therapy - Combination therapy produces a sustained response in HCV cirrhosis

Business Update - Commercialization agreement signed for INTERCEPT plasma

Carcinogenesis - Vitamin K-2 and perindopril combine to attenuate preneoplastic liver lesions

Chronic Hepatitis C - Amantadine does not improve the value of hepatitis C combination therapy

Complementary and Alternative Medicine -  Oenanthe javanica flavone is a potent hepatitis B virus inhibitor

Diagnostics - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

Diabetes Risk Factors - Kidney recipients with hepatitis C are at risk for developing diabetes

Diagnostics - Reports add new data to diagnostics research

Disease Control - Health organization aims for measles elimination in the western Pacific region

Gastric Cancer - Loss of Ep-CAM (CO17-1A) expression predicts survival gastric cancer patients

Gene Research - Liver gene profiles signal patient response to hepatitis C therapy

Virology - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of virology

Healthcare Costs - Hepatitis C therapy lowers long term costs and improves survival rates

Hepatitis A & B Virus - Citywide program in Chicago to knock out hepatitis A and B

Hepatitis B Immunization - Infant vaccination fights hepatitis B endemicity in Malaysia

Hepatitis B Testing - U.S. FDA grants approval for automated hepatitis B assays

Hepatitis B Virus - RNAi therapeutics company publishes hepatitis B virus data in 'Hepatology'

Hepatitis C - "Ancestral" hepatitis C virus at root of evolution in acute, chronic infections

Hepatitis C - Novartis licenses rights to develop and commercialize new hepatitis treatment

Hepatitis C Epidemiology - Hepatitis C genotype changes in Italian children forecast better outcomes

Hepatitis C Therapy - Bayesian therapeutic monitoring predicts ribavirin-induced anemia

Hepatitis C Therapy - Patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 respond to therapy earlier

Hepatitis C Virus - Tolerized rats model human hepatitis C infection

Hepatitis E Virus - Interferon gamma genotypes raise susceptibility to acute hepatitis E

Hepatology - Adiponectin may be a cholestasis marker in chronic liver disease

Lipid Research - In vitro models simulate hepatitis C virus genotype 3a-related steatosis

Malaria - Pharma company partners with East African Botanicals for antimalarial ingredient

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical services company to acquire controlling interest in Chinese corporation

Mergers & Acquisitions - NanoViricides acquisition complete

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

Pediatric Hepatology - Demographics influence fatty liver disease risk factors in obese adolescents

Preventive Medicine - Many United States military recruits show immunity to hepatitis B infection

Rotavirus Outbreaks - Rotavirus enteritis outbreak occurred in adult transplant recipients

Stem Cell Research - Increased Cux-1 expression may play role in activation of hepatic stem cells

Telangiectatic Focal Nodular Hyperplasia - Molecular features and morphology of hepatic TFNH determined

Tissue Engineering - 3D structure developed as a precursor for tissue and organ regeneration

Transplant Medicine - Adefovir proves safe for liver recipients with drug-resistant hepatitis B

Transplant Medicine - Liver transplant success improves by managing levels of antirejection drugs

Transplant Medicine - Patient and graft variables predict post-liver transplantation mortality

Vaccine Development - Bacterial ghosts facilitate hepatitis B antigen delivery

Virology - Hepatitis C genotype 1b flourishes in a Spanish liver transplant unit

Virology - New data illuminates research in virology

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