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HEPATITIS
NewsStudy uncovers how hepatitis E can lead to kidney damage
Researchers have identified a possible mechanism by which infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV), a known cause of liver inflammation, can lead to…
BILIARY ATRESIA
NewsAmerican Liver Foundation funds 4 research projects in biliary atresia
The American Liver Foundation (ALF) has announced the eight winners of its 2024 Pilot Research Awards, with four of the awards going to scientist-led…
Precision Biosciences has opened a first-in-human trial testing its gene-editing therapy candidate PBGENE-HBV in people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and says data…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the launch of a Phase 1 drug-drug interaction study to evaluate the effects of certain drugs…
The safety monitoring committee of a Phase 2a clinical trial testing zetomipzomib in people with autoimmune hepatitis has found no major safety issues with…
Fewer than half of reproductive-aged women with opioid use disorder in the U.S. undergo hepatitis C testing, with Black and Asian women less likely…
HEPATITIS
NewsAbbvie pulls 2 hepatitis treatments from EU market
Abbvie has decided to permanently discontinue the marketing of antiviral treatments Exviera (dasabuvir) and Viekirax (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir) for adults with chronic hepatitis…
HEPATITIS
NewsResearcher secures NIH funding to study hepatitis E virus
A researcher at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine received a $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue research into…
Chroma Medicine’s investigational one-time treatment CRMA-1001 for chronic hepatitis B brought levels of a key hepatitis B virus (HBV) protein to nearly 0 in…
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