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HIV taskforces to coincide with AIDS Day

... The taskforces will advise the Victorian government on HIV prevention, treatment and care, viral hepatitis and reproductive health. Health Minister Daniel Andrews said the three taskforces would meet twice ... (original story)

New System Eliminates Racial Disparities In Liver Transplants

A new system for determining eligibility for liver transplants has improved black liver patients' chances of receiving the life-saving treatment, according to a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. (original story)

775,000 take exam for govt posts

... Jiangsu Province, partly due to the devastating earthquake that struck southwestern Sichuan in May. Hepatitis B virus carriers would be considered eligible candidates when they were ruled out to ... (original story)

Size- and distance-dependent nanoparticle surface-energy transfer (nset) method for selective sensing of hepatitis c virus rna.

We report size- and distance-dependent surface-energy transfer (SET) properties of gold nanoparticles for recognizing hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA sequence sensitively and selectively (single-base mutations) in a homogeneous format. We have demonstrated that quenching efficiency increases by three or... (original story)

Taribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis c

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy , December 2008, Vol. 9, No. 18, Pages 3243-3249. Background: The current standard therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), combination therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, is plagued by a number of side effects, most notably anemia. This anemia... (original story)

Expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in relation to apoptotic genes in egyptian liver disease patients associated with hcv-genotype-4

Conclusions: Aberrant expressions of AKT, GSK3-B, and BCL2 are common events in HCV-associated LD and HCC. AKT, GSK3-B and IL-6 are significantly associated with cirrhosis and could be used as biomarkers for both early detection and molecular target therapy for the prevention of HCC development. TNF... (original story)

Indiana Addresses Viral Hepatitis

State health officials say between 3.5 to 4 million Americans are living with viral hepatitis. In 2006, there were 4,723 reported cases of chronic and acute hepatitis C in Indiana, as well as 80 cases of hepatitis B, 33 cases of hepatitis A, and one case ...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Fee... (original story)

Part II: Cancer in Indigenous Africans--causes and control.

Abstract Africa has contributed substantial knowledge to the understanding of certain risk factors for cancer, such as the role of several infectious agents , aflatoxins, and certain lifestyle factors. (original story)

Indiana Addresses Viral Hepatitis

State health officials say between 3.5 to 4 million Americans are living with viral hepatitis. In 2006, there were 4,723 reported cases of chronic and acute hepatitis C in Indiana, as well as 80 cases of hepatitis B, 33 cases of hepatitis A, and one case of hepatitis E. To address the problem in t... (original story)

Internal cleavages of hepatitis c virus ns3 induced by p1 mutations at the ns3/4a cleavage site.

Internal cleavages of hepatitis C virus NS3 induced by P1 mutations at the NS3/4A cleavage site. Virology. 2008 Nov 24; Authors: Hou X, Yang W, Zhao Y, Agarwal A, Huang M Despite being the focus of intensive investigation for its enzymatic activities and its roles in HCV virus replicatio... (original story)

World AIDS Day highlights big challenges

... said Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the French National Research Agency on AIDS and viral hepatitis (ANRS). But affordable and effective treatment remains a rarity in Africa, home to the ... (original story)

New System Eliminates Racial Disparities In Liver Transplants

A new system for determining eligibility for liver transplants has improved black liver patients' chances of receiving the life-saving treatment, according to a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, the AP/Houston Chronicle repo...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Fee... (original story)

Research identifies cell receptor as target for anti-inflammatory immune response

Invading pathogens provoke a series of molecular heroics that, when successful, muster an army of antibodies to neutralize the threat. (original story)

Schering Plough Provides Update On Boceprevir Clinical Development And Introduces Potent Next Generation Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor

Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) provided a clinical update on boceprevir, its lead investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor currently in Phase III development. The company believes boceprevir has the potential to be a first-in-class and...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com (original story)

[enzyme catalysis and regulation] hepatitis c virus ns5b polymerase exhibits distinct nucleotide requirements for initiation and elongation

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B protein is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) essential for replication of the viral RNA genome. Purified NS5B has been reported to exhibit multiple activities in vitro. Using a synthetic heteropolymeric RNA template with dideoxycytidine at its 3'-end, we examine... (original story)





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