At least one-third of the world's population has been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 400 million people are chronic carriers. In most populations, chronic HBV infection is the ...

Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus. A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of ...

Additionally, the hepatitis D virus (HDV), an enveloped RNA satellite virus that uses HBV surface proteins in HBV/HDV co-infection, enhances the severity of liver disease. NTCP (SLC10A1), involved ...

Despite numerous treatment advances, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a largely incurable disease impacting more than 290 million people worldwide. All patients with chronic HBV ...