Scientists have long been trying to tease apart hepatitis A virus, to understand its inner workings and how it functions in the human body. Infectious disease researchers have discovered that a little ...

New research has illustrated how hepatitis A virus uses cellular proteins, like PDAP1, to infect liver cells, replicate and ...

The diagnosis of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is based on the detection of anti-HAV IgM. Shortcomings of this serological approach include the persistence of IgM after normalization of liver ...

They also deleted the gene for PDAP1 in a mouse model of hepatitis A. When exposed to the virus, the liver cells lacking ...

Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

caused by the hepatitis B virus. The virus is transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids, as well as by perinatal infection. Advances in 2024 have ...

The potency of GIGA-2339 is claimed to be more than 2,000 times greater than that of plasma-derived HBV treatments.

On average, the incubation period is about 90 days. In the United States, it's estimated that 850,000 people are living with hepatitis B. However, the numbers may be as high as 2.2 million.

GigaGen Inc., a biotechnology company advancing transformative antibody drugs for immunodeficiencies, infectious diseases and checkpoint-resistant cancers, and a subsidiary of Grifols, announced today ...

Aug. 21, 2024 — A research team has shown the benefits of camu-camu on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This exotic fruit reduces liver fat ... Liver Transplant Outperforms Other Therapies for ...

Hepatitis C can cause weight loss at first as your body tries to fight off the virus. But the disease can lead to weight gain in the long term. It’s possible that your weight may fluctuate as ...