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European surveillance data shows slight decrease in newly reported hepatitis C cases

European surveillance data show a 10% decrease in newly reported hepatitis C cases between 2016 and 2017. However, with more than 31 000 recorded cases in 2017, diagnoses remain at a high level in the European Union and European Economic Area.

2 Apr 2019

WHO guidelines for chronic hepatitis B fail to detect half of the patients in Ethiopia needing treatment

Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) fail to detect half of the patients in need of treatment in Ethiopia, report scientists in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier.

29 Mar 2019

New strategy for potential treatment of HBV associated liver cancer

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore General Hospital and Lion TCR have demonstrated that they were able to engineer HBV-specific T cells, a type of immune cells found in the body, to treat Hepatocellular carcinoma, a commonly occurring liver cancer.

28 Mar 2019

Research identifies guidelines for prioritizing hepatitis C treatment in U.S. prisons

New research identifies guidelines for prioritizing the treatment of hepatitis C infections in the U.S. prison system, resulting in a significant improvement in health outcomes of incarcerated persons while simultaneously reducing new infections in the society.

22 Mar 2019

NIH starts clinical trial of drug to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder

A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder has begun in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

22 Mar 2019

Current HBV genome sequences help deduce ancient human population movements into Australia

Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at least 59 thousand years ago and possibly entered the country near the Tiwi Islands.

19 Mar 2019

Researchers use big data to gain better understanding of hepatitis E virus

As far as research is concerned, hepatitis E had long led a shadowy existence - even though it is the main cause for acute viral inflammation of the liver.

18 Mar 2019

PNAS publishes results of pilot study for early detection of liver cancer

Today, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the results of a pilot study for early detection of liver cancer in a cohort of HBV carriers, who are at risk for developing this disease.

13 Mar 2019

Many heroin users are not prepared to prevent or treat fentanyl-related overdoses, study finds

Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by the opioid epidemic, recognize that the heroin they buy is now almost always laced with the highly dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

6 Mar 2019

Latest anti-retroviral drug therapies offer powerful solution for HIV infection-associated frailty

Treatment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has seen remarkable advancements with the advent of the latest anti-retroviral drug therapy and powerful tools to test for drug resistance, making the infection almost "undetectable" in patients who strictly comply with their medication therapy, a just-published perspective article by a clinical team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson points out.

27 Feb 2019

Penn researchers cure nine HCV patients following heart transplants from infected donors

Nine patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving heart transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease, according to a study published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

25 Feb 2019

Large-scale clinical trial begins to study liver transplantation between people with HIV

The first large-scale clinical trial to study liver transplantation between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study will determine the safety of this practice by evaluating liver recipients for potential transplant-related and HIV-related complications following surgery.

15 Feb 2019

Study can have implications in the vaccination policies against Hepatitis A

Researchers of the University of Barcelona have analyzed, with massive sequencing techniques for the first time, the evolution of the Hepatitis A virus with samples from patients.

11 Feb 2019

Standard method for ranking liver transplant waitlists may not prioritize the sickest candidates

A new study has uncovered that the standard method for ranking patients on the waitlist for lifesaving liver transplantation may not prioritize some of the sickest candidates for the top of the list.

25 Jan 2019

Study reveals how Hepatitis C infection varies by state and region

Hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of illness and death in the United States and injection drug use is likely fueling many new cases.

24 Dec 2018

Researchers synthesize new compound that inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus

A new compound that inhibits the replication of hepatitis C virus in several stages of its lifecycle - and is also capable of acting on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells - has been synthesized by researchers at São Paulo State University in Brazil.

19 Dec 2018

Viral hepatitis: Liver failure caused by defects in the vascular system

In severe cases, a viral hepatitis infection can result in liver failure. A team from the Technical University of Munich has now discovered how this occurs: by immune cells attacking cells in the vascular system, which disrupts the organ's blood and nutrient supply.

19 Dec 2018

Study finds new strains of hepatitis C virus in sub-Saharan Africa

The largest population study of hepatitis C in Africa has found three new strains of the virus circulating in the general population in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 Dec 2018

Study finds drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses

No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika viruses, which infect millions of people every year and result in severe illness, birth defects, and even death. New research from the Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco may finally change that. Scientists identified key ways the three viruses hijack the body's cells, and they found at least one potential drug that can disrupt this process in human cells.

13 Dec 2018

RUDN medics first to gather scattered data on hepatitis morbidity in Somalia

Viral hepatitis means liver inflammation caused by viruses and is among top-10 mortality factors in the world. It is passed with contaminated food and water, through contact with infected blood, via common use of household appliances such as manicure or shaving sets.