All the news Showing 5 of 15 articles from: AASLD 2019Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Sexual transmission Hepatitis C incidence is low among Canadian men on PrEP Liz Highleyman / 18 November 2019 New cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among Canadian gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) were uncommon compared with rates previously reported in Europe, according to research ... Transplants from donors with HCV Pre- and post-transplant antiviral treatment prevents hepatitis C transmission in all organ recipients, Canadian study finds Keith Alcorn / 14 November 2019 Adding a cholesterol-lowering drug to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) prevented hepatitis C infection in all recipients of organ transplants from donors with hepatitis C, Jordan Feld, Research Director of the Toronto Centre for ... Hepatitis C elimination Coalition of liver associations calls for simplifying hepatitis C care Liz Highleyman / 13 November 2019 Leaders of liver disease associations from Europe, the United States, Latin America and Asia issued a global call to action at the AASLD Liver Meeting this week in Boston, aiming to advance ... New and experimental treatments for hepatitis B Therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine may lead to functional cure Liz Highleyman / 13 November 2019 An experimental therapeutic vaccine called NASVAC, which targets two different hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens, led to a reduction in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels, according to study presented this week ... Experimental treatments for NASH/NAFLD Emricasan and selonsertib fail to improve fibrosis in people with NASH Liz Highleyman / 12 November 2019 A pair of experimental therapies for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) failed to offer notable improvements in controlled clinical trials, despite having shown promising effects on liver biomarkers in earlier studies. Dr Stephen Harrison ... ← Prev12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive