Hepatitis Weekly articles from July 2001

Hepatitis Weekly archives from July 2001

Formulation With Three Antigens Exceeds Par In Adult Trials.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Compared with a standard hepatitis B vaccine containing a singular antigen, adult trials of a novel vaccine containing three antigens meets and in some...

Hepatitis C May Flare In New Mothers During Postpartum Period.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors caution that females who are hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers may be at risk for hepatitis flare shortly after giving birth. Physicians in...

Study Questions Value of ALT With Advent Of Better Tests For HBV, HCV.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - In the olden days, laboratory workers relied on ALT values to signal a problem with non-A, non-B hepatitis contamination in blood products, but the advent...

Concurrent Hepatitis B/Hepatitis C Infection Linked To Viral Suppression.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) would appear to be doubly harmful, but a new study reports that HBV replication...

Identifying Autoimmune Illness Early Stops Progression In Children.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - When the source of liver disease in children stems from the body's attack on itself, early identification and treatment can prevent progression to liver...

Patent Awarded For Nucleic Acid Probe-Based System To Detect Infectious Diseases, Cancers.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Gene Technologies Inc. announced that it has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (No. 6,242,188) for its Tessera(TM) Array Technology, entitled "Sample processing to...

Grant Awarded For Hepatitis Genotyping Standards.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AcroMetrix Corporation announced that it has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)...

Hepatitis B Most Prevalent Among Turkish Liver Cancer Patients.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Prevailing over alcohol consumption and even hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of primary liver cancer, or...

Hepatitis B Virus Major Cause Of Primary Liver Cancer In India.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Members of a research team in India say hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma, or primary liver cancer, in that country....

Virginia Sixth Graders Will Need Hepatitis Shots To Enroll In School.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virginia students entering sixth grade in the fall of 2001 must have a hepatitis B vaccination this summer or they won't be allowed in school. The requirement is part of a two-pronged attack on...

FDA Approves First OSHA-Compliant, All-In-One Delivery System.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Safety Tip-Lok(TM): prefilled Tip-Lok(R) syringes packaged with BD SafetyGlide(TM)...

Tumor Cells Spread By Technique Used To Destroy Them.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of a study prepared in Spain suggest the very therapy meant to treat patients with advanced liver cancer may in fact cause cells from their...

Human Herpesvirus 6 May Be Linked To Hepatic Diseases In Children.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is frequently present in children with a variety of liver diseases, suggesting further research into the association between HHV-6 and liver diseases of unknown etiology....

Study Finds No Association Between Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and HCV.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Members of a research team in France see no link between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Based on data gathered...

New Compound Shows Promise.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new compound has been shown to be active against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in laboratory experiments, the Hepatitis B Foundation announced. The discovery, reported in the June 2001 issue of...

Phase I Study Of Adefovir Dipivoxil Initiated In China.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) announced that it has initiated Phase I trials of adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in China. Gilead is...

Phase II Clinical Trial Of Combination Therapy Initiated.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (London:XTL) announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical study of XTL-001 in combination with lamivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)...

Interleukin-8 May Be Responsible For Resistance To Interferon.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The cytokine interleukin-8 may prevent therapeutic effectiveness in patients who take interferon to treat chronic hepatitis C. Interferon is widely...

PEGASYS Studied In Post-Liver Transplant Patients.
July 2, 2001... 2001 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary data were presented in a plenary session at the American Society of Liver Transplantation (AST) from a study of PEGASYS(R) (peginterferon Alfa-2a) in patients with recurrent hepatitis C...

Interferon/DNA Vaccine Provides Protection In Woodchuck Model.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Using DNA vaccine technology, scientists in Germany have created a vaccine that raises an effective immune response against woodchuck hepatitis virus. The...

HCV Patients Wait Longer.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - U.S. government researchers say patients who are hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive endure longer waits for kidney transplant surgeries. Furthermore,...

Fibrotic Markers In Serum Accurate For Staging Liver Disease In Hepatitis C Patients.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Biochemicals instrumental in the formation of matrices that support tissue structure can yield valuable information about liver disease and staging in...

Genes A Factor In Viral Recurrence In Organ Recipients.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Genetic coding for several cytokines can predict hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence in liver transplant recipients. A multicenter study carried out by...

Drug Effective Against Resistant Hepatitis C Virus.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a Phase I/II clinical trial, the antisense drug ISIS 14803 demonstrated dose-dependent antiviral activity, decreasing viral titers in patients with drug-resistant chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)....

Silent HBV Infection In Patients With HCV May Increase Liver Illness.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients coinfected with "silent" hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections may suffer more severe liver disease, according to...

Ultrasound Provides Noninvasive Way To Detect Liver Fibrosis In HCV Patients.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors frequently use liver biopsies to diagnose liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients, but medical investigators in Japan may have discovered a...

Technology For Hepatitis B Virus Is Patented.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLGC) announced the issuance of 42 separate claims in U.S. Patent No. 6,242,187 related to hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug-resistance testing. The issued claims relate to...

New Technologies Invaluable For Tracing Path Of HCV.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - With the assistance of new technology, researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a model that can track the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV)....

Government Agencies Target Online Health Fraud.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As part of an ongoing and comprehensive law enforcement and consumer education campaign begun in 1997, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a new round of enforcement actions...

VerticalNews Launch Uses NewsRx Artificial Intelligence Technology.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, has leveraged its technology platform to create a new media company, VerticalNews. VerticalNews'...

Cytokine Antibody Induces Cell Proliferation After Partial Organ Removal.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers at Showa University School of Medicine in Japan report observing increased liver cell proliferation after administering antibodies to...

Hepatic Bile Duct Injury Aggravates Liver Status In Chronic Hepatitis C.
July 9, 2001... 2001 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Hepatic bile duct injury tends to aggravate liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C, medical researchers in China suggest. "Hepatic bile...

Staffing Is A Factor In New HCV Infections In Hemodialysis Patients.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The lack of sufficient staff and high hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates increase a hemodialysis patient's odds for acquiring the virus at some...

Obesity Leads To Fatty Liver, Causes Liver Damage In HCV.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Being overweight can increase a person's chances for developing hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver, heightening the risk for liver damage in patients with...

Hepatitis C Virus Levels Higher In Patients Coinfected with HIV.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Immunosuppression may be a reason patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have greater levels of HCV than...

Case Study Reports Malignancy Dissemination After Invasive Procedures.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A report in Hepatology Research suggests percutaneous radiofrequency ablation may not be the only invasive procedure to cause cancer cells to spread in...

Drug In AIDS Regimen May Cause Liver Damage.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - A European study indicates the drug nevirapine, used in AIDS regimens, may cause liver problems, especially in patients with poor liver function,...

Hepatitis C Patients Experience Moderate Rates Of Fibromyalgia.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Fibromyalgia is hard to diagnose, but researchers in Ireland have determined patients infected with hepatitis C virus may be at moderate risk for...

Study Ranks Effectiveness Of Common Preventive Medicine.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Childhood vaccinations and anti-smoking counseling for adults are the most effective preventive medicine, says a new study that ranks medical services based on how many lives they save and how much...

Age-Group Risk Factors Differentiate Individuals With HCV In Spain.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Injection drug use, blood transfusions, and surgery lead the list of factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among individuals studied in...

Serological Screening Most Cost-Effective Method For Detecting HCV.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Several methods are used for screening hemodialysis patients for hepatitis C virus (HCV), but a new investigation indicates serologically based methods are...

Interleukin-10 Prevents Induced Liver Injury In Mice.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 prevents liver cell injury in mice, scientists say. This same cytokine, also produced in humans, may be...

Immunity After DTaP-HBV Vaccine Comparable With Natural Infection.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Children who receive the combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and hepatitis B (DTaP-HBV) develop protection against pertussis that...

Maternal Infections A Major Source of HCV In Children In Italy.
July 23, 2001... 2001 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among children in Italy during the last decade has revealed almost half of the youngsters acquired HCV from...