Hepatitis Weekly articles from November 2003

Hepatitis Weekly archives from November 2003

Daily interferon is better in combination therapy for naive hepatitis C patients.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daily interferon is better in combination therapy for naive hepatitis C patients. According to recent research published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis, "a randomized trial was conducted to...

Interferon accelerates diabetes onset in genetically predisposed HCV patients.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon accelerates diabetes onset in genetically predisposed HCV patients. "Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the result of an autoimmune process characterized by pancreatic beta cell destruction. It...

Hepatitis C-positive grafts are useful for orthotopic liver transplantations.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C-positive grafts are useful for orthotopic liver transplantations. According to recent research from the United States, "hepatitis C (HCV)-positive liver grafts have been increasingly...

HBV immune globulin and lamivudine stop viral recurrence after liver graft.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HBV immune globulin and lamivudine stop viral recurrence after liver graft. According to a study from Spain, "antiviral prophylaxis with lamivudine appears to reduce hepatitis B virus (HBV)...

Smaller hepatocellular carcinoma lesions improve survival after transplantation.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smaller hepatocellular carcinoma lesions improve survival after transplantation. According to a study from Spain, "a consecutive series of 88 patients underwent transplantation for hepatocellular...

Interferon receptor levels in African-Americans with HCV are not atypical.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon receptor levels in African-Americans with HCV are not atypical. "Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) is the major treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Drug resistance is...

VScan test kits are being shipped to People's Republic of China.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Services International (MSITF) has received a letter of intent to supply 250,000 VScan HIV rapid-test kits to a major Chinese pharmaceutical company in the People's Republic of China. ...

Phosphoglycerate kinase is in C. sinensis; may be required for movement.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phosphoglycerate kinase can be found in several parts of adult Clonorchis sinensis, and may be involved in energy production for muscle contraction and movement. "Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is...

Advanced genomic technologies used as focus of alliance.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cenetron Diagnostics, Ltd., a leading provider of molecular diagnostic services, announced it has signed a 5-year strategic alliance agreement with Roche Diagnostics to establish itself as a Molecular...

Real-time PCR assay detects hepatitis A virus in shellfish.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel molecular assay can be used to identify HAV-tainted shellfish. According to a recent report, "A PCR assay for the detection of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in shellfish" was developed by...

Steroid resistant HCV-related autoimmune disorders respond to alternate therapy.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Steroid resistant HCV-related autoimmune disorders respond to alternate therapy. "We report two cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) associated autoimmune hematological disorders successfully treated...

A novel Flaviviridae replicase system presents a way to study RNA replication.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel Flaviviridae replicase system presents a way to study RNA replication. "We have established an in vitro replication system for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a surrogate for the...

Virosome hepatitis A vaccine efficacious in young children in Nicaragua.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial indicate that a virosome hepatitis A vaccine is efficacious in young children in Nicaragua. "Immunization of young children could control hepatitis...

Green onions believed to be the source of Georgia, Tennessee hepatitis outbreaks.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Green onions are believed to be the source of hepatitis A outbreaks that sickened more than 280 people in Georgia and Tennessee in September, health officials say. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Finely tuned analyses depict the dynamics of antibody to HBV X protein.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Finely tuned analyses depict the dynamics of antibody to HBV X protein. "The recombinant form of the 17 kDa, highly hydrophobic and disulfide-bonded hepatitis B virus X protein (HBX) was used for...

Cyclosporin treats adult-onset Still disease masquerading as acute hepatitis.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyclosporin treats adult-onset Still disease masquerading as acute hepatitis. "A 48-year-old woman was admitted because of spiking high fever, sore throat, and jaundice. A diagnosis was made of...

STAT1 plays a prominent role in the induction of liver apoptosis and injury.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STAT1 plays a prominent role in the induction of liver apoptosis and injury. "Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) has been implicated in liver damage in animal models and chronic hepatitis C infection;...

Different fibrosis roles characterize the nature of alcoholic liver disease.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different fibrosis roles characterize the nature of alcoholic liver disease. "In alcoholic liver disease, fibrosis classically begins around the centrilobular veins, while portal tract fibrosis is...

Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aflatoxin is detected in the milk of breastfeeding women "A study was undertaken to determine whether breast-milk of mothers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) contained aflatoxins. One hundred...

Idiopathic inflammatory neuropathies tend to respond to plasma, IVIG therapy.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idiopathic inflammatory neuropathies are different diseases that may benefit from plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. According to published research from the United States,...

Hepatitis C virus NS5A expression antagonizes liver cancer cell apoptosis.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus NS5A expression antagonizes liver cancer cell apoptosis. "Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells with butyrate can induce apoptosis irrespective of hepatitis B virus...

Apoptosis-focused company initiates phase II, liver-transplantation trial.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that it has initiated a phase II clinical trial of IDN-6556 in patients undergoing liver transplantation. IDN-6556 is designed to protect liver cells from...

Diabetic liver transplant patients benefit from switching antirejection drugs.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diabetic liver transplant patients benefit from switching antirejection drugs. "Diabetes mellitus, a frequent metabolic complication in liver transplant recipients, may be produced by the...

Interleukin-13 protects transplanted livers from reperfusion-induced injury.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-13 protects transplanted livers from reperfusion-induced injury. According to recent research from the United States, "liver injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) insult represents...

Hepatitis E virus genotype IV is indigenous to a single Chinese city.
November 3, 2003... 2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis E virus genotype IV is indigenous to a single Chinese city. "We sequenced the RNA genome of hepatitis E virus (HEV) recovered from an acute hepatitis patient living in Changchun, China....

Peginterferion alfa-2a improves health-related quality of life.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peginterferion alfa-2a improves health-related quality of life. According to a study from Austria, "compared with conventional interferon alfa, peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) has improved...

Wild rats in Japan harbor hepatitis E virus infection.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wild rats in Japan harbor hepatitis E virus infection. "Sporadic cases of hepatitis E have been reported in industrialized countries, including Japan. The source of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in...

A new test detects low level hepatitis B virus infection in patient samples.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new test detects low level hepatitis B virus infection in patient samples. "We have recently developed a sensitive quantitative test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA using a real-time polymerase...

Hepatitis C virus core antigen is highly stable after sample collection.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus core antigen is highly stable after sample collection. According to a study from Japan, "hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA is thought to be less stable than HCV core antigen (HCV-Ag),...

Cryoglobulinemia is a common disorder in those with chronic hepatitis C.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cryoglobulinemia is a common disorder in those with chronic hepatitis C. "To elucidate precisely the prevalence and significance of cryoglobulinemia in hepatitis C, we examined the prevalence of...

Kidneys from hepatitis C virus positive donors don't alter 1-year outcomes.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kidneys from hepatitis C virus positive donors don't alter 1-year outcomes. "Utilization of hepatitis C seropositive kidney donors remains controversial. We examined the use of hepatitis C...

Medical Services to participate in live testing with the military in China.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Services International, Inc., (MSITF) has agreed to participate in a live testing program with a military hospital in the northern military district of the People's Republic of China. The...

Glycyrrhizin uptake may depend on liver organic anion transporting polypeptides.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glycyrrhizin uptake may depend on liver organic anion transporting polypeptides. "Glycyrrhizin (GL) is used in Japan for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Following intravenous administration,...

Liver chymase levels associate with fibrosis status in hepatitis patients.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Liver chymase levels associate with fibrosis status in hepatitis patients. "Chymase, secreted by mast cells, is associated with angiotensin II production and fibrosis of myocardium and renal...

Early virologic response to Peg-Intron evaluated.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early virologic response (EVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis C following 12 weeks of individualized, weight-based dosing of Peg-Intron (peginterferon alfa-2b) Powder for Injection in combination...

$2.4 million, phase II, SBIR grant will help identify hepatitis-C drugs.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., has been awarded a 2-year phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) grant of up to $2.4 million by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease...

Hepatitis A vaccination effective at preventing disease.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis A vaccination is effective at preventing disease "Inactivated hepatitis A vaccines have been available for more than a decade. Characteristics of the vaccines, comparative data among...

Vaccine cost-effective in preventing secondary hepatitis A infection.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination is cost-effective in preventing secondary hepatitis A infection. According to recent research from France, "Using a decision-tree based model, we investigated the cost-effectiveness of...

One year of lamivudine yields limited benefits in HBeAg-positive patients.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One year of lamivudine yields limited benefits in HBeAg-positive patients. "The biochemical and virological outcomes of 19 patients with chronic hepatitis B who had been treated with 100 mg per day...

Hepatitis B vaccination less effective in healthy homosexual men.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B vaccination was less effective in healthy homosexual men than in a population of healthcare workers. "The aim of the study was to compare the responses of homosexual men (HM) receiving...

Biotech company reports 6-month trial results of hepatitis C treatment.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) reported encouraging results from a 6-month interim analysis of an ongoing phase II clinical trial with its novel drug merimepodib (VX-497) for the treatment...

Pre-filled interferon pen for hepatitis C receives FDA marketing approval.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corporation (SGP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval to Peg-Intron Redipen, a pre-filled pen for administering Peg-Intron...

Autoantibodies transform endothelial cells in autoimmune liver diseases.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Autoantibodies transform endothelial cells in autoimmune liver diseases. "The special features of liver sinusoidal endothelium (LSE) are crucial for normal liver physiology. Cirrhotic livers,...

Brucellosis, doxycycline, or both may trigger autoimmune hepatitis.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brucellosis, doxycycline, or both may trigger autoimmune hepatitis. According to published research from Turkey, "autoimmune hepatitis is a disorder of unknown etiology in which progressive...

Interleukin-10 genotypes mark the formation of HCV-related fibrosis.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-10 genotypes mark the formation of hepatitis C virus-related fibrosis. According to published research from England, "the natural outcome and response to treatment in hepatitis C virus...

Mussels contaminated with hepatitis A virus pose a threat to public health.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mussels contaminated with hepatitis A virus pose a threat to public health in Italy. "The frequency of hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination in mussels sold in south of Italy, where a high...

Study supports effectiveness of RFA technology.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RITA Medical Systems, Inc., (RITA) announced the publication of a study in the 2003 issue of the Journal of Hepato-Gastroenterology, entitled "Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in...

CVVHD doesn't alter tacrolimus levels in recipients of small-for-size liver grafts.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CVVHD doesn't alter tacrolimus levels in recipients of small-for-size liver grafts. "In adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), the graft volume is inevitably much smaller than...

Obesity common complication following liver transplantation.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity is a common complication following liver transplantation. According to published research from Spain, "There is a direct relationship between the grade of obesity and mortality based on the...

Hepatitis C virus infection is not a direct cause of sialadenititis.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus infection is not a direct cause of sialadenititis. "Sjogren's syndrome has been suspected to be an extrahepatic manifestation of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To...

High-throughput NAT screening of donated blood in Japan reviewed.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The rollout of high-throughput NAT screening of donated blood in Japan has been reviewed. "Nationwide nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Nucleoside antimetabolites influence the steady state of HCV replicons.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nucleoside antimetabolites influence the steady state of HCV replicons. "Treatment with antimetabolites results in chemically induced low nucleoside triphosphate pools and cell cycle arrest in...

Hepatitis virus types B, C, and E prevail in Ho Chi Minh City.
November 10, 2003... 2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis virus types B, C, and E prevail in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. "A molecular epidemiological survey of various hepatitis viral infections, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C...

Hepatitis C virus may play a role in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy formation.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus may play a role in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy formation. According to recent research from Japan, "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined as inappropriate ventricular...

Undetected tumors won't change cancer-related liver transplant outcomes.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Undetected tumors won't change cancer-related liver transplant outcomes. "Many institutions apply the indications for living-related liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma...

Hemophilia patients in Japan bear a novel subtype of GB virus C hepatitis G.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hemophilia patients in Japan bear a novel subtype of GB virus C hepatitis G. "GB virus C (GBV-C) or hepatitis G virus (HGV) has been transmitted to Japanese patients with hemophilia through the...

HBV gene changes precipitate viral breakthrough after liver transplantation.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HBV gene changes precipitate viral breakthrough after liver transplantation. "Recurrent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection after liver transplantation can be prevented by prophylactic hepatitis B...

Risk for interferon-related kidney failure warrants close patient management.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Risk for interferon-related kidney failure warrants close patient management. According to a study from Saudi Arabia, "hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common cause of chronic liver...

Viral hepatitis related cancers prevail because of persistent inflammation.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viral hepatitis related cancers prevail because of persistent inflammation. "Among seven human hepatitis viruses (A to E, G and TT virus), hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are able to persist...

FDA grants Fast Track Designation for HCC treatment.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tularik, Inc., (TLRK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for T67 for first line therapy in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma...

Hygiene factors have changed infectious disease patterns in Japan.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hygiene factors have changed infectious disease patterns in Japan. "We compared the seroepidemiologic patterns of Helicobacter pylori and hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections among participants in 2...

Pharmaceutical company reports loss of $0.19 per share.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003. The company reported revenues of $222,000 in the third quarter of 2003, compared...

Iranian hemodialysis patients are at high risk for acquiring HCV infections.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Iranian hemodialysis patients are at high risk for acquiring HCV infections. "Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among patients undergoing hemodialysis, and liver disease is an important...

Transjugular liver biopsy is safe for patients with certain bleeding disorders.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transjugular liver biopsy is safe for patients with certain bleeding disorders. According to a study from the United States, "the prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among...

LabCorp partnership to offer liver-fibrosis assay.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH) and BioPredictive, a French diagnostics firm, announced an exclusive partnership that combines LabCorp's expertise in infectious disease testing with...

Study suggests telbivudine more effective than current standard of care.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented by Professor Lai Ching-Lung, department of medicine, faculty of medicine, University of Hong Kong, at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases...

Protease inhibitor has antiviral effects.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new drug has been developed to treat people with hepatitis C. In a recently published study, the molecule that stops virus particles from being made greatly reduced viral load in a small sample of...

Researchers identify essential component of immunity.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Columbus Children's Research Institute (CCRI) on the campus of Columbus Children's Hospital in Ohio have identified a key component of protective immunity against the hepatitis C virus,...

Response to standard Hepatitis C treatment predicted as early as week 1.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of the largest viral kinetics study ever undertaken in hepatitis C (HCV) patients has found that the sustained virological response (SVR) to treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a...

Pharmaceutical company provides grant for hepatitis C research and education.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corporation is providing an unrestricted educational grant in support of a major initiative by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to develop tools and educational programs...

First pegylated interferon approved in Japan for treatment of hepatitis C.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, announced that Chugai received approval to market Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) in Japan for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. The decision by the...

HCV RNA can be detected by polymerase chain reaction in embedded samples.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HCV RNA can be detected by polymerase chain reaction in embedded samples. According to researchers in Germany, "we examined the feasibility of detecting hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in...

Ablative cancer therapy works better in those with alcohol-related liver disease.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ablative cancer therapy works better in those with alcohol-related liver disease. "The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of and tolerance for radiofrequency thermoablation (RFTA) in...

Data published on the potential for use of Ceplene in alcohol liver damage.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maxim Pharmaceuticals (MAXM) announced that results of its study using histamine dihydrochloride (Ceplene) to prevent alcohol-induced damage in a rodent liver model have been published. The study,...

Habitual betel quid chewing worsens the effects of viral hepatitis infection.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Habitual betel quid chewing worsens the effects of viral hepatitis infection. According to a study from Taiwan, "betel quid chewing, part of traditional Taiwanese culture, is common in 10%-20% of...

FDA 510(k) clearance granted for Aspartate Aminotransferase test.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cholestech Corporation (CTEC) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the company's new liver function test, Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST). ...

Historical Autographs U.S.A. to acquire biomedical device company.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Historical Autographs U.S.A., Inc., (HIAU) announced that it has executed an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Arbios Technologies, Inc., a private biomedical device...

Unique biochemical signals regulate the role of nitric oxide in liver injury.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unique biochemical signals regulate the role of nitric oxide in liver injury. According to published research from the United States, "the complex role of nitric oxide (NO) in the liver can be...

Gene polymorphisms increase the risk of hepatitis B virus-related liver cancer.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene polymorphisms increase the risk of hepatitis B virus-related liver cancer. According to recent research from Taiwan, "chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes DNA damage. An...

RNA assays detect HCV infections better in those with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
November 17, 2003... 2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RNA assays detect HCV infections better in those with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Hematology, "hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an RNA virus in...

Living liver donors increase the risk for cholestasis in graft recipients.
November 24, 2003... 2003 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Living liver donors increase the risk for cholestasis in graft recipients. "Histologic injury caused by recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported in up to 90% of HCV-infected patients who...

Aerosols generated during dental debonding may transmit hepatitis B infection.
November 24, 2003... 2003 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aerosols generated during dental debonding may transmit hepatitis B infection. "The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of blood or blood elements in aerosols generated...

Hepatitis C virus infection flourishes apart from dendritic cell impairment.
November 24, 2003... 2003 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus infection flourishes apart from dendritic cell impairment. According to a study from Netherlands, "chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans is associated with an...

Cholesterol is required for hepatitis B surface antigen secretion.
November 24, 2003... 2003 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cholesterol is required for hepatitis B surface antigen secretion. "Hepatitis B virus-infected patients secrete enormous quantities (50-300 mcg/ml) of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in their...