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Providing hepatitis B treatment for everyone who needs it in Malawi is an achievable public health goal, researchers from the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust programme report, following community surveys in Blantyre, Malawi. Hepatitis B treatment ...

People with HIV and hepatitis B co-infection remain at risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) despite antiviral treatment and should undergo regular monitoring for liver cancer, according to research presented ...

Around 2.5 million people with hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa already have cirrhosis and need immediate antiviral treatment, a systematic review of published studies reports this month in the journal Liver International. Approximately ...

Many people who take nucleoside/nucleotide antivirals for chronic hepatitis B can safely discontinue treatment, although this usually does not lead to a cure, researchers reported last week at the AASLD virtual Liver Meeting. Nucleoside/nucleotide analogues such ...

NASVAC, an experimental therapeutic vaccine that targets two different hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens, led to a reduction in hepatitis B surface antigen levels and several study participants achieved a functional cure after ...

Discontinuation of long-term nucleoside/nucleotide antiviral treatment for hepatitis B can allow some people to achieve a cure, according to a pair of presentations last week at the 2020 Digital International Liver Congress. This may happen ...

Selgantolimod, a toll-like receptor agonist designed to enhance immune responses to hepatitis B virus, showed only modest effects on hepatitis B surface antigen levels in a phase 2 safety and efficacy study presented ...

Johnson & Johnson’s short interfering RNA treatment for hepatitis B resulted in sustained reductions in hepatitis B surface antigen when combined with nucleoside analogue drugs, Professor Edward Gane of Auckland City Hospital, New ...