Viral hepatitis is a major danger to public health. According to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, viral hepatitis deaths ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

Many of the most devastating infectious diseases are caused by RNA viruses, and Model Medicines is working on one compound to ...

caused by the hepatitis B virus. The virus is transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids, as well as by perinatal infection. Chronic Hepatitis B ...

Hepatitis C can be transmitted when blood that carries the virus comes into contact with the blood of someone who does not have the virus. This can occur if people share needles or personal care ...

The research, published in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV)—which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide—and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...

Researchers have uncovered how chronic hepatitis C infection leads to autoimmune disease, which opens new paths for treatments Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have ...

Researchers have now uncovered the 3D structure of the RNA enzyme SAMURI. Their study provides insights into the development of ribozymes and the evolution of catalytically active RNA. Researchers ...

A lot of the stigma surrounding hepatitis C has to do with misunderstandings about the way the virus spreads. Hepatitis C passes from one person to another through direct contact with blood that ...

However, in the case of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), highly effective direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and the development of point-of-care HCV RNA tests led to a national goal to end HCV infection in ...

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