UNC School of Medicine scientists discovered how a protein and enzymes interact to allow hepatitis A virus to replicate, and they used a known drug to stop viral replication in an animal model ...

The virus hijacks bits of cell membrane as it ... blocks HAV replication and profoundly interrupts pathogenesis in a murine model of hepatitis A,” the investigators wrote. The research results ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically modified to carry a human gene—for studying hepatitis B virus.

The viral replication cycle is crucial for a virus to spread inside the body ... and reverses liver inflammation in a mouse model of hepatitis A, providing proof-of-principle for antiviral therapy ...

“By delivering our ‘one-stop-shop’ model in a non-clinical setting it also ... About 2.4 million Americans are living with hepatitis C, an insidious liver disease caused by a virus that is spread ...

They also deleted the gene for PDAP1 in a mouse model of hepatitis A. When exposed to the virus, the liver cells lacking PDAP1 were unable to support its replication. The mice were also completely ...

Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infects the liver and causes severe ... "Our stem cell-based cell culture system is a valuable model to study viral infections," says Carpentier. "The cells are almost ...

Los Angeles County is facing a community-wide outbreak of the contagious virus hepatitis A, citing a sustained increase in clinical cases and elevated virus levels detected in wastewater testing.

A hepatitis A infection is caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), which is very contagious, although there is a vaccine ...