Hepatitis B News

US scientists have discovered a way to block replication of the hepatitis C virus, potentially leading to better treatment for the top cause of liver cancer in the United States, a study sai... Read more

Pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin is the current standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. But this is effective in approximately 50%-60% of patients, so that a substantial prop... Read more

Viral kinetics on therapy may be able to predict the likelihood of treatment success of 48 week peg-interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

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A naturally occurring compound may help in the treatment of hepatitis C infection, say researchers.

Quercetin is a plant-derived bioflavonoid, and is used by some people as... Read more

China has said it will ban mandatory hepatitis B tests for employees joining companies and students enrolling in schools in an effort to stamp out discrimination against the nation's million... Read more

Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth. Mutations in these genes that generate nonfunctional proteins can contribute to tumor development and progression. One of ... Read more

An experimental treatment targeting hepatitis C was able to inhibit replication of the virus in the bloodstream of chimpanzees and could treat chronic infections in humans, a new study said ... Read more

The Candoshi people in Peru's northern Amazon jungle are close to extinction from a hepatitis B infection that has gone unchecked since 2000, tribal leaders and health officials said.
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Only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007, researchers from the University of Michigan h... Read more

A study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology says that in patients with unresectable liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called tri... Read more