Inspired by the way viruses attach to cells, EPFL scientists have developed a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers ...

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one ...

Background: The risk of a surgeon acquiring the hepatitis C virus (HCV) through occupational exposure is dependant on the prevalence of HCV infection in the patient population, the probability of a ...

The liver is responsible for more than 500 functions in the human body, including filtering harmful substances from the blood ...

Discover 7 destructive ways hepatitis C attacks liver tissue. Learn how this viral infection progresses from inflammation to cirrhosis and liver failure.

tin.it Background and Aim: Innate immunity appears to be silent in acutely heptitis B virus (HBV)-infected chimpanzees ... Methods: Two HBV-seronegative blood donors who became hepatitis B surface ...

A model for hepatitis B virus-associated chronic liver disease has been made using cloned hepatitis B virus DNA as a transgene in a severe combined immunodeficient host. These mice consistently ...

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 3 (NS3 ... and they were less toxic to hepatocytes than ebselen. Although the above structure–activity relationship studies suggest that ebselen ...

† Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C. ‡ Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan 32001, R.O.C. Article Views are the ...

The Central European country has reported six deaths caused by the virus so far this year, up from two in all of 2024. The Czech Republic is seeing a surge of hepatitis A infections that does not ...

Background: Hepatitis B virus-related hepatocarcinogenesis (HBV-related HCC) involves a variety of causes including oncogene hypomethylation, oxidative stress and HBV itself. Oxidative stress induces ...