New book on The Hepatitis B and Delta Viruses from CSHLPress

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) The Hepatitis B and Delta Viruses, from CSHLPress, examines all aspects of HBV and HDV infections and their management. Contributors discuss the HBV and HDV life cycles, their unique characteristics (e.g., the formation of HBV cccDNA), the immune responses they elicit, and the challenges they present to the development of antiviral treatments. The molecular mechanisms that lead to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are reviewed, as are factors that influence the severity of the disease. Conventional treatments are also described.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-06/cshl-nbo061815.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news