The hepatitis B virus (HBV), discovered in 1966, infects more than 350 million people
worldwide. 1 Hepatitis B is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular …

Biomedical research has had tremendous positive effects on the health and day-to-day
functioning of the US population; by stimulating the growth of biotechnology, it has greatly …

The most common form of primary liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma. The other forms
of primary liver cancer, including cholangiocarcinoma, angiosarcoma, and several others …

In this review published data are used to determine the benefits and costs of antenatal
screening for hepatitis B carriers to prevent the later occurrence of hepatoma and chronic …

Vaccines and vaccination are at a turning point. Recent advances in microbial genetics and
in immunology have greatly increased our understanding of microbial pathogenesis and of …

A few weeks ago, Nature reported the sequence of Helicobacter pylori, which is present in
up to one in three people and causes peptic ulcers. But many other chronic diseases or …

PREVIEW Each year in the United States, about 100,000 cases of acute hepatitis A and
300,000 cases of hepatitis B are reported. Obviously, development of the vaccines now …

By 1992, hepatitis B vaccine had been included in the Expanded Program of Immunization
(EPI) on a nation-wide scale in Thailand. With the results now available from Songkhla …

With political parties in some countries moving ever closer in their policies, Daedalus
suggests abandoning the pretence that party and policy are connected atall. A sophisticated …