Tag Archives: hepatitis

September, 2018

12 September
Gilead and Precision BioSciences Collaborate to Develop Therapies Against Hepatitis B Virus Using ARCUS Genome Editing

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) and Precision BioSciences announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop therapies targeting the in vivo elimination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) with Precision’s proprietary genome editing platform, ARCUS. An estimated 257 million people are living with …
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27 July
2016 World Hepatitis Day

The “Elimination” theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day – coming up on July 28, 2016 – highlights the vision of lessening the world burden of hepatitis. The organizers note that “Every action is an action towards elimination of viral hepatitis.” This theme is echoed by the first-ever establishment by the …
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29 January
Quest Diagnostics and CDC Partner to Improve Hepatitis Diagnosis and Treatment

Quest Diagnostics is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify trends in screening, diagnosis and treatment of four strains of viral hepatitis in the US. Quest Diagnostics will provide CDC researchers with analytics and access to its national database of de-identified clinical testing hepatitis data. …
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