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Cost-effective drug found to prevent hepatitis C transmission in kidney transplantation
A short course of direct-acting anti-viral prophylaxis may be effective in preventing transmission of hepatitis C virus from kidney donors to recipients, according to study...
1 day ago - Healio - 2 articles
Key player in hepatitis A virus infection
Researchers designed experiments using gene-editing tools to discover how molecules called gangliosides serve as de facto gatekeepers to allow the virus entry into liver cells...
4 days ago - ScienceDaily
Cost-effective drug found to prevent hepatitis C transmission in kidney transplantation
A short course of direct-acting anti-viral prophylaxis may be effective in preventing transmission of hepatitis C virus from kidney donors to recipients, according to study...
4 days ago - Healio
Dietary Cyanidin-3-Glucoside Attenuates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Body-Weight Gain and Impairment of Glucose Tolerance in Mice via Effects on the Hepatic Hormone FGF21
ABSTRACTBackgroundDietary polyphenols including anthocyanins target multiple organs.ObjectiveWe aimed to assess the involvement of glucagon-like peptide 1 , leptin, insulin and...
4 days ago - Nutrition
Researchers Discover Key Player in Hepatitis A Virus Infection
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Stanley M. Lemon, MD, and colleagues used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to pinpoint a sugar-fatty acid molecule that acts like a gatekeeper to...
7 days ago - UNC Healthcare
A key player in hepatitis A virus infection discovered
How hepatitis A virus manages to enter liver cells called hepatocytes and initiate infection had remained a mystery for fifty years until now.
7 days ago - News Medical - 3 articles
Publisher's Platform: CDC punts on recommending food service worker vaccinations - CDC, low risk perhaps, but at times, at a very high cost
Opinion Yesterday it was reported that a food handler at the White Steamer diner in Washington, Indiana who worked last week has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. The Daviess...
11 days ago - Food Safety
Treatment of Hepatitis C: A New Paradigm toward Viral Eradication
“This unprecedented efficacy has led to speculation that HCV infection might be eradicated even in the absence of a vaccine, but there are many impediments to global...
13 days ago - The Journal of Pediatrics
VIDEO: Both good, bad things can come out of COVID-19 pandemic
In this exclusive video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, section chief of hepatology and associate director of organ transplantation at Rush University Medical Center, discusses the lasting...
13 days ago - Healio - 5 articles
Phase IIB clinical trial initiated for treating hepatitis B-associated liver cancer
The first patients have been dosed in a multi-regional Phase IIB randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial for the treatment of hepatitis B-associated liver cancer.
15 days ago - News Medical
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