Hepatitis Weekly articles from January 2001

Hepatitis Weekly archives from January 2001

High HCV RNA Levels Early After Liver Transplant Suggests Future Hepatitis C Recurrence.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- - by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- Individuals who show increased levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA shortly after liver transplant surgery stand a higher chance of a severe recurrence...

Fetal Cells in Liver after Pregnancy May be Cause of Cholestatic Liver Disease.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report in the Journal of Hepatology that a serious liver ailment known to predominantly affect middle-aged women may be caused by fetal cells in the women's livers that remain after...

Simultaneous Hepatitis B and C Infections Difficult to Diagnose.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a research investigation performed in Austria, the best way to detect hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus co-infections in the same patient is to test tissue and serum samples for viral...

Capsaicin, Neurokinin Receptor Antagonist Protect Against Hepatitis in Mice.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Capsaicin and a neurokinin-1-receptor antagonist have shown hepatoprotective properties in a mouse model. Both substances appear to protect mice from hepatitis by depleting peptidergic primary...

Black Hepatitis C Patients Less Likely to Respond to Monotherapy.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black patients with hepatitis C virus are less likely to respond to interferon monotherapy than are patients of other races. Fortunately, they do respond almost as well to interferon and ribavirin...

Fewer Immune Cells Seen in HCV-Related Liver Cirrhosis May Increase Risk.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis have fewer CD56(+) T cells and natural killer cells. The shortage of these immune cells may be linked to hepatocellular carcinoma,...

Smoking and Gene Mutations Weigh Heavily in Hepatitis B-Associated Carcinomas.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Carriers of the hepatitis B virus who smoke may be placing themselves at a greater risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a study published in the journal Gut. Researchers at...

Immunoglobulin M Reflects Hepatitis C Recurrence, Graft Damage after Transplant.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who are positive for a special serum marker after liver transplantation are more likely to suffer hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence and liver graft damage, researchers in France report. ...

Age More Important than Atopy for Continued Chronic Hepatitis C.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Age, rather than atopy or allergy, could be a reason for viral persistence in chronic hepatitis C patients, investigators reported at the Meeting of the International Association of Allergology and...

Hepatitis B Resistance to Lamivudine Detected Early with DNA Monitoring.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinicians can detect chronic hepatitis B patients who will become resistant to lamivudine therapy by monitoring them for polymerase mutants during the early days of their treatment. According to...

Phase I Study for Apoptosis Inhibitors Initiated.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idun Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, California, announced that it has been granted regulatory approval to begin clinical trials of an apoptosis-blocking caspase inhibitor. The first patient dose was...

Paramedic Wants to Have Hepatitis C Listed as Work-Related Injury.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mayor John F. Street and a female paramedic with hepatitis C who has been staging a sit-in outside his office for more than a week engaged in a public debate over the...

Parents, Toddlers Receive Anti-Hepatitis A Shots.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents and toddlers have received anti-hepatitis A shots after public health researchers studying the liver disease connected several cases to the Tutor Time Child Care Learning Center in Bear Valley,...

Hepatitis A Vaccine Required of Vaccine Artists in Nevada.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clark County, Nevada, health officials have approved new tattoo and body piercing regulations. The health district approved the additions to the 1997 regulations to try to keep patrons and workers...

New York County Passes Piercing Permission Law.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A New York county legislature has decided people under 18 have to get permission from their parents before piercing any part of their body, including ears. On December 15, 2000, Erie County...

Phase II alpha Interferon Clinical Trial Continues.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viragen, Inc. (VRA), Plantation, Florida, reported very encouraging interim results in the treatment of hepatitis C patients with its lead drug Omniferon. Consequently, additional patients are now...

Rebetol Supplemental NDA Submitted for Combination Therapy Use.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ICN), Costa Mesa, California, announced that Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Singaporeans Getting Hepatitis After Getting Kidney Transplants in China.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Half of the Singaporeans who have gone to China for cheap, fast kidney transplants have contracted hepatitis, a hospital official in the affluent Southeast Asian city-state said on December 20, 2000....

Study Blames Hospital Technician for Spreading Hepatitis C to Patients.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A medical technician with a cut on his finger accidentally infected five hospital patients with hepatitis C virus in the first documented case of its kind, researchers in Germany say. They would...

Study Tests Vitamin B[12] Regulation of Hepatitis C Virus.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Can increasing intake of vitamin B[12] augment the effect of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection? A researcher aims to find out, according to a presentation at the 7th annual International...

Investigational PCR Assay Tests for Up to Five Viruses in Donated Plasma.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Behring L.L.C. announced results from two studies suggesting that its highly advanced, investigational polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology may be able to identify the presence of viruses...

Enzyme Inhibitor May Have Broad Application.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX), Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the initiation of the first human clinical trial with VX-148, a small molecule inhibitor of IMPDH (inosine monophosphate...

Study Compares Liver Dialysis with Conventional Treatment.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HemoTherapies Inc., announced December 19, 2000, that the company has initiated the first post-market study to compare the effectiveness of liver dialysis using the HemoTherapies Unit(TM) and...

2-Methoxyestradiol Induces Programmed Cell Death in Hepatoma Cultures.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers announced at the U.S. National Cancer Institute's EORTC-AACR Symposium on New Drugs in Cancer Therapy that 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME), a metabolite of estrogen, induces apoptosis in hepatoma...

Information Key Ingredient for Healthy World; NewsRx.net Offers eHealth Revenue Sharing Booster Shot.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health information from the Internet is the key ingredient for advancing world health, according to health publishing executive, C.W. Henderson, CEO of NewsRx. Henderson said that delivering the...

Antiviral Prodrug Enters Clinical Trials.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medivir has been granted permission to commence Phase I clinical trials with MIV-210, a new inhibitor of hepatitis B virus (HBV). The trials will be performed in the United Kingdom. The Phase I...

Model Suggests Treatment During Antepartum Stage of Pregnancy is Best Strategy.
January 8, 2001... 2001 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- - by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- The best strategy for protecting women with latent tuberculosis infections during pregnancy is to treat them during the antepartum period, according to...

Maternal Factors Key to Compliance with Infant Hepatitis B Prevention.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- - by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- Key factors associated with maternal health care continue to play a significant role in whether or not infants receive appropriate vaccinations for...

Behavior Changes Yet to Follow Hepatitis C Diagnosis.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young injection drug users (IDUs) seem to ignore diagnoses of hepatitis C (HCV) infection, possibly to the detriment of others. Danielle C. Ompad, of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and...

TT Virus/Hepatitis Co-Infections Reported in Hemodialysis Patients.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Italy report TT virus often co-exists with other types of hepatitis in hemodialysis patients. TT virus infection was only discovered in the last few years. Several studies have...

Anti-Fibrotic Drug Colchicine Hampers Effectiveness of Interferon Therapy.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists in Italy have discovered that the anti-fibrotic drug colchicine does not enhance the effectiveness of interferon (IFN)-alpha therapy in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. In fact,...

Leptin Levels Remain Stable in Patients with Steatosis and Liver Fibrosis.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic hepatitis C patients with steatosis and fibrosis have normal levels of leptin, according to a report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Researchers in Italy at the University of...

Liver Diseases Influence Ebb and Flow of Daily Hormone Cycle and Secretion.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Male suffers of chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis demonstrate marked differences in hormonal rhythms as compared to their healthy counterparts. These differences were presented at the 11(th)...

Strains of Hepatitis G Virus Show Distinctive Patterns Based on Locale in China.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National Cancer Institute researchers say Chinese isolates of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-c/HGV) are very distinct, genetically speaking, and can often be linked to geographical locales. P....

HFE Gene Mutation Not a Major Factor in Hepatitis Iron Accumulation.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research strongly suggests that the HFE gene is not a factor in iron accumulation in patients with hepatitis C liver cirrhosis. The HFE gene, now known to determine hereditary hemochromatosis,...

Hepatitis C Recurrence Levels Correspond with Liver Injury After Transplant.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mt. Sinai Medical Center researchers propose that increasing levels of hepatitis C virus RNA after liver transplantation can reveal helpful information about new liver damage. Orthotopic liver...

Autoimmune Disorders More Frequent in Patients with Liver Disease.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research has found that patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease of the liver that frequently affects men, are often affected by autoimmune disorders. Men who have primary...

Long-Term Lamivudine Treatment Helps Patients with Advanced Liver Disease.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lamivudine therapy is well known for its effectiveness in treating patients with chronic hepatitis B. However, its efficacy as a treatment for patients with more advanced hepatitis B related liver...

Age and Country of Origin Best Indicators for Hepatitis A Screening Needs.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The best way to save costs while targeting people who may have a need for hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccinations prior to travel is to screen them based on age and their country of origin, according to a...

License Agreement Announced for Anti-Hepatitis B Compound.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eli Lilly and Company (LLY and Tokyo: 4857), Indianapolis, Indiana, and Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that they have signed a license agreement for MCC-478, for treatment of...

Tailor-Made Interferon Treatments Fail.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trying to adjust interferon (IFN) treatment doses to fit hepatitis C viral load in HIV patients just doesn't work, researchers in Italy say. The standard dosing of IFN is ineffective in HIV...

Severe Adverse Effects Reported from Post-HIV-Exposure Nevirapine Prophylaxis.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At least 22 people have suffered serious side effects, including liver failure, from taking an AIDS drug that was prescribed to prevent HIV infection in people accidentally exposed to the virus. ...

Company Provides Update on Development of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (XTL) (XTL) presented preclinical data on the company's human monoclonal antibody products (including XTL-002) being developed to treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The...

Use of cDNA Suggested for Investigating Potential Flavivirus Vaccines.
January 15, 2001... 2001 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Brazil think new flavivirus vaccines may result from recombinant DNA technology. "A live attenuated virus is used as a cost-effective, safe, and...

Research in Germany Sees Vertical Transmission of Bloodborne Virus to Infants.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists know that TT virus, a pathogen identified a few years ago, is transmitted via blood and procedures associated with blood such as hemodialysis. Researchers in Germany have now identified e...

French Study Raises Concerns about Under-Reported Drug-Induced Liver Injuries.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Instances wherein patients in France are significantly affected by adverse drug reactions are supposed to be reported, according to government regulations. An analysis of laboratory data at a hospital...

Alcohol Use and Hepatitis C Common to Youth who Inject Drugs in California Study.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public health epidemiologists in Los Angeles, California, have found alcohol use and hepatitis C to be highly prevalent in young people who use injection drugs in Los Angeles County. Attendees at...

Hepatitis C Related Liver Cancers Increase in U.S. Veterans.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a new study conducted at a U.S. Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas report that the rate of hepatitis C virus related primary liver cancers in veterans continues to rise, while...

Distinctive Characteristics on MRI Distinguish Alcoholic from Viral Cirrhosis.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research reported in the American Journal of Roentgenology states that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can distinguish liver cirrhosis related to alcohol use from cirrhosis related to viral...

Computed Tomography Helps Detect Cancer Prior to Liver Transplant.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People in line for liver transplants due to hepatitis B or hepatitis C related hepatocellular carcinomas are better prepared for surgery by undergoing helical triphasic computed tomography within the...

Hepatitis A Vaccine Proves Effective in Primed Infants of Seropositive Mothers.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Israel have demonstrated that young seropositive infants who receive concomitant vaccinations for hepatitis A and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio/Haemophilus influenzae b vaccines are...

Treatment in Hepatitis C Patients Associated with Brain Hypometabolism.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- We now know more about the causes of psychological disturbances related to long-term use of interferon (IFN)-alpha therapy, thanks to research conducted on patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) by...

Hepatitis-C-Related Notice of Invention Filed with Patent Office.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., announced that the California Institute of Molecular Medicine (CIMM) has filed a Notice of Invention with the U.S. Patent Office titled "Replication of human Kupffer's cells...

Antiviral Drug Summit Focuses on Anti-HIV, HBV/HCV, and Influenza.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Strategic Research Institute has announced that new pre-clinical and clinical data on compounds to target viral diseases will be the focus of the "2nd International Antiviral Drug Discovery and...

Early Detection Would Save More Non-Hepatitis B and C Liver Cancer Patients.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with non-hepatitis B or C related hepatocellular carcinomas would have better survival rates as compared with individuals with viral hepatitis related liver cancers if they could just become...

Report Says Tissue Banks Lack Checkups.
January 22, 2001... 2001 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tissue banks are not routinely inspected and donor families rarely hear about the profits being made from donated body parts, according to two reports released by the U.S. Department of Health and...

Pegylated Interferon-alpha Therapy Profiled for Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- - by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- Pegylated interferon-alpha 2b, when taken once a week, demonstrates the same efficacy as thrice-weekly doses of non-pegylated interferon-alpha 2b, a...

Hepatitis C Patients with Kidney Disease See Limited Relief with Interferon.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research indicates that interferon therapy can help some hepatitis C virus infected patients with cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis, but additional studies are needed. Hepatitis C virus...

Non-Specific Route Lines Path to Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis B and C.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Swedish research study reports that progression to hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C occurs in a fairly non-specific fashion. Hepatocellular...

High-Biocompatible Filters Reduce Hepatitis C Transmission Risk.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An study from Italy has demonstrated the benefits of using high-biocompatibility, high-permeability filters for reducing the risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission to individuals who must...

Interferon Receptors on Liver Tissues are Up-Regulated by Inflammatory Cytokines.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain interferon receptors are found on cancerous liver tissues as well as healthy liver tissues. Kurume University School of Medicine researchers now say that these receptors are up-regulated by...

Organization Uses Different Approach to Increase Hepatitis Vaccine Awareness.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis A virus can be transmitted easily between men having sex with men (MSM). Although public health programs have targeted this at-risk population with vaccine campaigns, the results have been...

Liver Function Tests Parallel Liver Appearance after Transplantation.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although chronic hepatitis C can be a problem for kidney transplant patients, analysis performed by researchers in Instanbul, Turkey, shows that more often than not liver tissue appearance in kidney...

Cells in Diabetic Mice Resist Tumor Necrosis Factor Induced Lethality.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and D-galactosamine are lethal to the liver cells of normal laboratory mice. In non-obese diabetic mice however, liver cells resist apoptosis and lethality. A report...

Apoptosis, Liver Injury More Common in Genotype Ib Hepatitis C Post-Transplant.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viral recurrence of hepatitis C is a well-known problem faced by patients who receive liver transplants for chronic hepatitis C. Often those with hepatitis C genotype Ib suffer more liver damage than...

Progenitor Cells Relocate to Uncommon Areas of Inflamed Livers.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research presented in the Journal of Pathology shows that progenitor cells extend into the lobules of patients with viral hepatitis. In fact, the presence of these cells tends to correspond with...

Serum ALT Values Important but Don't Tell Full Story of Liver Disease.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study published in the journal Medizinische Klinik shows alanine-aminotransferase (ALT) levels are important for capturing a snapshot of the way hepatitis C virus infected livers function, but cannot...

Pivotal U.S. Phase III Program Begins with Zadaxin Plus Pegylated Alfa Interferon.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals (SCLN), San Mateo, California, announced that it has initiated its pivotal U.S. Phase III hepatitis C clinical program for Zadaxin in combination with Pegasys, pegylated...

PAHO Grants Funds to Improve Transfusion Safety.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The safety of blood used for transfusion in the Americas is set to improve as a result of a three-year grant for $4.9 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will enable the Pan American...

CDC Adds Another Vaccine to Children's Schedule of Shots.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) to its recommended immunization schedule for children. The vaccine protects against infection by...

Hepatitis B Program in Hawaiian Schools Increases Vaccine Rate.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the middle and late 1990s, investigators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headed a collaborative vaccination effort that attempted to increase the "catch-up" rate for school...

Study Finds Hepatitis B Vaccination Policies Inconsistent in Colorado.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most hospitals in rural areas of Colorado do not have either standing orders for vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B or policies for communicating vaccine administration to clinicians. This...

Personality Trait May Influence Immune System Response.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals may vary in how well they can protect themselves from illness, depending on personality traits as well as on physiological differences, suggest the results of a preliminary study. Anna...

Possible Link Made to Fatty Acids and Growth Factor Binding Proteins.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some insulin-like growth factors have been linked to liver cancers in previous research studies. Now, a new study reported by University of Toronto researchers has shown a strong link between n-6...

Ribozyme Targets Hepatitis B RNA Transcripts.
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RPI) (RZYM), Boulder, Colorado, announced the selection of its product candidate, HepBzyme, targeting the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This ribozyme targets several HBV...

FDA Proposes New Rules for "Good Tissue Practice".
January 29, 2001... 2001 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a new regulation on current good tissue practice (GTP), which includes the methods, facilities, and controls used for the manufacture of human...