Immunology
Cough virus kills liver cancer cells and hepatitis virus
A virus that causes childhood coughs and colds could help in the fight against primary liver cancer, according to a study.
Nov 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team identifies how hepatitis A virus causes liver injury
Hepatitis researchers have long thought that immune cells sent by the body to attack virus-infected cells in the liver cause the acute liver injury associated with hepatitis A virus (HAV) and other hepatitis viruses. Yet, ...
Sep 15, 2016
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Hepatitis C now leading infectious disease killer in U.S.
(HealthDay)—The number of hepatitis C-linked deaths in the United States reached a record high in 2014, and the virus now kills more Americans than any other infectious disease, health officials report.
May 5, 2016
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Expression of a single gene lets scientists easily grow hepatitis C virus in the lab
Worldwide, 185 million people have chronic hepatitis C. Since the late 1980s, when scientists discovered the virus that causes the infection, they have struggled to find ways to grow it in human cells in the lab—an essential ...
Aug 18, 2015
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Cooperation among viral variants helps hepatitis C survive immune system attacks
Warring armies use a variety of tactics as they struggle to gain the upper hand. Among their tricks is to attack with a decoy force that occupies the defenders while an unseen force launches a separate attack that the defenders ...
May 27, 2015
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Starved T cells allow hepatitis B to silently infect liver
Hepatitis B stimulates processes that deprive the body's immune cells of key nutrients that they need to function, finds new UCL-led research funded by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust.
May 11, 2015
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Cancer drug shows promise as cure for hepatitis B
Australian scientists have found a potential cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, with a promising new treatment proving 100 per cent successful in eliminating the infection in preclinical models.
Apr 20, 2015
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Allergy drug inhibits hepatitis C in mice
An over-the-counter drug indicated to treat allergy symptoms limited hepatitis C virus activity in infected mice, according to a National Institutes of Health study. The results suggest that the drug, chlorcyclizine HCl (CCZ), ...
Apr 8, 2015
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Age-related hepatitis B infection and the gut microbiome
(Medical Xpress)—The hepatitis B virus (HBV), which affects the liver, behaves differently in different people depending on genetics and the age the person is when infected. Ninety-five percent of adults who contract hepatitis ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine for hepatitis C inches closer to reality
(HealthDay)—An initial study suggests that a potential vaccine against hepatitis C, a liver disease that affects at least 130 million people worldwide, is safe in people.
Nov 5, 2014
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