Before beginning direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, patients should be screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, according to an updated guideline from the ...

Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B ...

September 5, 2008 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved yesterday the first nucleic acid test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) that measures blood levels of viral DNA as an estimate of viral ...

PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roche Molecular Diagnostics (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...

HepatitisB paper Quest Diagnostics announced the availability of a new test to aid physicians in evaluating a patient's response to drug treatments for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This first-of ...

Advancing Equity in Cancer Clinical Trials: Lessons From the Evidence This update, by an expert panel convened in response to the emergence of new and clinically relevant information, was the second ...

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has added a triple-combination arm to its chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) clinical trial. The cohort will assess ARO-HBV in combination with two undisclosed drugs selected by ...

Chronic hepatitis D coinfection affects an estimated 12 million people globally, with higher prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, especially the African and Western Pacific regions.

Regenerative nodular hyperplasia (RNH) induced by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM): A contraindication for major liver resection? Background: Patients with ...