Hepatitis B Virus

Studies from the People's Republic of China, Italy and India add new findings to hepatitis B virus body of knowledge

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 17th, 2006

New findings from the People's Republic of China, Italy and India describe advances in hepatitis B virus.

Study 1: According to recently published research from the People's Republic of China, hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HbsAg) and antibody persistence induced by DNA-mediated immunization results in liver and kidney lesions in mice.

"DNA-mediated immunization has been recognized as a new approach for prevention and treatment of HBV infection. However, the side effects of this approach have not been well described," wrote X.Y. Zi and colleagues, Military Medical College 2.

They continued, "Here we report that...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-07-17)

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