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.

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

These drugs, called direct-acting antivirals because they block proteins the virus ... model.” Wester said these states calculated all the money they would have spent treating patients with ...

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 ...