Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Advances in Hepatitis B Research: From Virology to Clinical Management (A Special Issue). | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2005 2 1 International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2005 2 1 1-1 2005 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Editorial Advances in Hepatitis B Research From Virology to Clinical Management A Special Issue Xuanyong Lu1 Ke-Qin Hu2 1 Chief Scientist of Hepatitis B Foundation of America. 2 Director of Hepatology Services University of California Irvine. Corresponding address Xuanyong Lu Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research Department of Microbiology and Immunology School of Medicine Drexel University. 700 East Butler Ave. Doylestown PA 18901 USA. Telephone 215-4894906. Fax 215-489-4920. E-mail . Received Accepted Published Editorial Hepatitis B virus HBV infection is one of the major human health problems worldwide. It is estimated that chronic HBV infection affects more than 350 million people globally spreading in every continent in Asia America Europe and Africa. Despite the huge number of HBV infected cases it has not received enough attention as it should be in term of research funding and media coverage. In the past few years significant advances have been made in molecular virology pathogenesis and treatment of HBV infection. However there still exist many challenges in HBV research clinical management and exploration of safe and effective therapies for chronic hepatitis B. This special issue intends to provide a broad view and the update advances in HBV research from basic science to clinic management of HBV infection. For basic scientific research two articles were selected focusing on topics involved in HBeAg mutant and its clinical implication and the association of altered apoptosis with HBV infection and development of HCC. For clinical advances six articles were selected focusing on molecular diagnosis approaches for management of chronic HBV infection immunomodulating therapy liver transplantation HBV epidemiology and
