Observational studies are critical tools in clinical research and public health response, but challenges arise in ensuring ...

The vaccine candidate targets the critical lattice structure of biofilms to prevent formation and ... Media reports have described a surge of respiratory virus activity in China, which included ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...

New recommendations address advances in immunosuppressive therapies and highlight antiviral prophylaxis for high-risk patients. Study: AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and ...

Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication. However, viruses are dynamic ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...

Researchers have identified genetic traces of hepatitis E viruses in almost 73 percent of wastewater samples from North-Rhine Westphalia. Findings on drug-resistant variants are of particular value.

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has unveiled an updated clinical practice guideline in Gastroenterology addressing the prevention and management of hepatitis B virus ...

The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at almost 90 Accident and Emergency (A&E) units in ... of blood-borne viruses in people who ...

Assessment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis is crucial for the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B. The presence of at least moderate liver fibrosis is an important indication for antiviral ...