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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . July 25th, 2005

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Chronic Liver Disease - Three dimensional software enriches liver resection and transplantation

Endocrinology - Patients treated for chronic hepatitis C may develop thyroid dysfunction

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Non-invasive niosomes offer topical immunization against hepatitis B

Obstetrics - Immunological status influences hepatitis E severity in pregnant women

Transplant Medicine - Repeated pulse therapy increases graft loss in HCV-positive liver recipients

Allergy and Immunology - Lymphatic tissue does not support hepatitis B replication in carriers

Allergy and Immunology - Patients coinfected with hepatitis C and HIV mount a full response to F protein

Antiviral Therapy - Researchers' work adds to antiviral therapy body of knowledge

Bioartificial Liver - Microfabricated grooved substrate is platform for bioartificial liver reactors

Blood Safety - Multitransfused thalassemic children show a risk for acquiring hepatitis C

Cancer Prevention - The farnesyltransferase inhibitor ABT-100 prevents liver cancer

Virology - Researchers' work adds to virology body of knowledge

Chronic Hepatitis C - Studies add new findings to chronic hepatitis c body of knowledge

Chronic Liver Disease - A new scoring system detects nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression

Chronic Liver Disease - Auto-antibodies are unsuitable for diagnosing cholestatic liver diseases

Chronic Liver Disease - Matrix metalloproteinase gene variations associate with liver diseases

Chronic Liver Disease - Occult hepatitis B infection masks viral gene expression

Collaborations - Collaboration announced to advance infectious disease research

Cryopreservation - Cryopreservation protocol developed to store 3-D bioartificial liver device

Diagnostics - Better non-invasive markers for chronic hepatitis C-related fibrosis are needed

Diagnostics - Findings in diagnostics provide new insights

Diagnostics - N Latex CDT assay launched to identify chronic alcohol abuse

Drug Delivery - First patient receives TRT with Benephit Delta Infusion System

Drug Development - New drug combinations may overcome hepatitis B virus drug resistance

Gene Transfer - Asialofetuin-labeled liposomes and the AFP promoter enhance transfection

HIV/AIDS Testing - Medical company participates in National AIDS Day, sells HIV kits to China

HIV/AIDS Therapy - U.S. FDA approves new anti-HIV protease inhibitor for use in combination therapy

Hemophilia Therapy - Self-regulating lentiviral vector expresses human factor IX in vivo

Hepatitis B - Pharma companies enter license agreement for Clevudine

Hepatitis B - Study shows effectiveness of hepatitis B treatment

Hepatitis B Diagnosis - New primers screen for hepatitis B virus variants

Hepatitis B Therapy - Extended lamivudine therapy delays hepatitis B-related liver disease

Hepatitis B Therapy - Reports advance knowledge in hepatitis b therapy research

Hepatitis B Therapy - Stabilized short interfering RNA cuts hepatitis B virus replication in mice

Hepatitis B Treatment - Data published evaluating long-term therapy with Hepsera for hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Vaccine Development - Hepatitis B vaccine protects animals against woodchuck hepatitis virus

Hepatitis C Epidemiology - Hepatitis C transmission prevails at an outpatient clinic in Japan

Hepatitis C Therapy - Clinical response varies in children vertically infected with hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - Cells containing full-length hepatitis C replicons advance proteome studies

Hepatitis C Virus - Global factors regulate the response of hepatitis C to antivirals

Lamivudine - Combination therapy surpasses monotherapy in chronic hepatitis B patients

Liver Cancer - Angiostatic therapy hinders hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Liver Cancer - The hepaCAM gene is silenced in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver Disease - Complement factor 5 may contribute to fibrogenesis

Liver Transplantation - Alcohol compounds the risk of hepatitis-C-related liver cancer formation

Liver Transplantation - Optimal method of "piggyback" venous outflow reconstruction identified

Mental Health - Drugs and therapy prevent interferon-induced depression in high-risk patients

Nosocomial Infections - Digestive endoscopy transmits hepatitis C infection infrequently

Nosocomial Infections - Endoscope channels harbor hepatitis B virus DNA after on-site cleaning

Oncogenesis - Studies advance knowledge in oncogenesis research

Personnel - Clinical trial data management company names board members

Proteomics - Protein signatures emerge in hepatocellular carcinoma samples

Transplant Medicine - Immunosuppressive drugs remain vital years after liver transplantation

Transplant Medicine - Recent findings in transplant medicine described

Transplant Medicine - Select therapies limit fibrosis progression after liver transplantation

Vaccines Development - Recent findings illuminate research in vaccines development

Virology - Adenoviral vector binding is toxic to non-targeted tissues

Virology - Alcohol impedes hepatitis C response to therapy in HIV-coinfected patients

Virology - Researchers' findings advance virology research

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