University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a CRISPR-based diagnostic tool capable of detecting bloodstream infections in minutes without the need for nucleic acid ...

News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies. The staff member worked at Nepean ...

The following is a summary of "Impact of HBsAg reduction via siRNA treatment on natural and vaccine (BRII-179)-induced ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the major public health problems at the national and global levels. The severity of hepatitis B is linked to the risk of becoming ...

1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China 2National Center for Women and Children's ...

Filter paper is an acceptable storage and transport medium for serum to be used in the detection of hepatitis B markers if temperature can be controlled. HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb are all stable for ...

All subjects gave their consent and the results were confidential. Individuals without markers of hepatitis B virus infection were provided with necessary information on infection prevention.

Moreover, fibrosis markers (HA, PC III, LN) significantly decreased in the ... to entecavir therapy could be a highly effective approach for managing chronic hepatitis B, particularly for improving ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

Dagger; Approximately five copies = 1 IU. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; HBeAg: Hepatitis B e antigen; HBV: Hepatitis B virus. IgM anti-HBc Presence with high index value during acute HBV ...