A cure for chronic hepatitis B requires eliminating or permanently silencing covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). A pivotal target of this approach is the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx), ...

Measles is a highly infectious disease and remains a major cause of childhood mortality worldwide. In some cases, the measles virus (MV) induces subacute sclerosing panencephalitis within several ...

Within these reservoirs, the virus is largely shielded from immune detection and is difficult to reach with antiviral drugs. cccDNA: What differentiates hepatitis B from hepatitis C is the unique ...

Hepatitis C treatments Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are oral medications that people take for 8 to 12 weeks. Treatment with DAAs can cure hepatitis C in over 95% of cases.

Understanding self-assembly of icosahedral virus capsids is critical to developing assembly directed antiviral approaches and will also contribute to the development of self-assembling nanostructures.

The structure of these proteins on the surface of the hepatitis C virus makes them extremely vulnerable. Researchers did not know what they were dealing with, and therefore, whenever someone tried to ...

Around 300,000 people die from hepatitis C every year. A new study has mapped the protein complex that enables the virus to infect our cells, potentially paving the way for an effective vaccine.

Scientists are pioneering the use of machine-learning artificial intelligence software to investigate viruses, revealing never-before-seen viral mechanisms which yield immediate fundamental ...

One group named the virus HGV, and another called it GB virus type C. The virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family, which also includes the hepatitis C (hep C) virus. However, unlike other ...

Credit: Cepheid. The Xpert HCV test delivers results in about an hour. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization to Xpert ® HCV, a point-of-care hepatitis C virus ...

Hepatitis C is a type of blood-borne virus that targets the liver, causing inflammation and liver damage if untreated. It spreads between people by blood-to-blood contact.