Posts by: Ana Pamplona, PhD

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will collaborate with Quest Diagnostics, the worldwide leader in diagnostic information services based on more than 20 billion anonymous test data, to ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Chronic Hepatitis B/C Has Impact on Liver Cancer Genome

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, News

A new study on the impact of chronic hepatitis on liver cancer, and on the genetic diversity of liver cancer displaying biliary phenotype entitled “Whole-genome mutational landscape of liver cancers ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 4, 2015

Liver and Heart Transplants More Viable with New Machine-Perfusion Device with Cell-Free Oxygen Carrier Solution

News

A study on a novel method for a better Organ Preservation System for transplantation, entitled, “Liver Preservation With Machine Perfusion and a Newly Developed Cell-Free Oxygen Carrier Solution Under Subnormothermic ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Sofosbuvir-Ribavirin Prevent HCV Recurrence After Transplantation

Hepatitis C, News

Two new studies on the hepatitis C virus entitled “Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Prevent Recurrence of HCV Infection after Liver Transplantation: An Open-Label Study” and “Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Treatment of ... Read more

January 28, 2015January 27, 2015

Hepatitis B Vaccine May be Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia According to Study

Hepatitis B, News

A new study on the association between hepatitis B vaccination (HBVv), fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue entitled “Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia following immunization with the hepatitis B vaccine: another angle ... Read more

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

Report Indicates Higher Prescription Rates of Two Novel Hepatitis C Therapies, Increase in Treated Patients

Hepatitis C, News

Recently, the CVS Health Research Institute analyzed the rate of prescriptions for two novel hepatitis C treatments, Harvoni® (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir) and Sovaldi® (sofosbuvir) a few weeks after their respective ... Read more

January 15, 2015

Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination Reduces Liver Cancer and Disease in Young Adults

Hepatitis B, News

A new study reinforced previous evidence of neonatal HBV vaccination as a protective strategy against liver cancer and other chronic liver diseases in young adulthood. The study entitled “Efficacy of Neonatal ... Read more

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015

Meta-analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Clinical Trials Offers Insight into Immunization Intervention Effects on Mother-to-child Transmission

Hepatitis B, News

A new study on the evaluation of the clinical efficacy of different immune interventions on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) entitled “Immunization interventions to interrupt hepatitis B ... Read more

December 18, 2014December 18, 2014

Drug Developer Working on Hepatitis B Cure Advances to Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial

Hepatitis B, News

A new therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) will enter a phase 1/2a clinical trial. This new treatment was developed by Dr. Marc Pellegrini, Dr. Greg Ebert Walter and ... Read more

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

Researchers Profile Different Stages of Hepatitis B Virus-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development

Hepatitis B, News

A new study, entitled “Genome-wide methylation profiling of the different stages of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma development in plasma cell-free DNA reveals potential biomarkers for early detection and high-risk ... Read more