Despite some vocal attacks against vaccines, a poll conducted by Republican pollsters — including Donald Trump’s chief pollster — shows “that there is broad unity across party lines supporting vaccines such as measles (MMR), shingles, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (TDAP), and Hepatitis B.” NBC News reported that the poll results were made known to Republican…
Precision BioSciences says gene-editing technique could potentially cure hepatitis B infection
Gene editing company Precision BioSciences (Nasdaq:DTIL) has announced that preclinical research involving in vivo gene editing targeting hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been published in Molecular Therapy. In the research, the company used an engineered ARCUS nuclease (ARCUS-POL) targeting the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome. In this preclinical study, ARCUS efficiently targeted and degraded HBV covalently…
Assembly Bio discontinues development of hepatitis drug ABI-H2158
Assembly Biosciences (NSDQ:ASMB) is halting the development of the hepatitis drug ABI-H2158 (2158) after observing elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in participants in a Phase 2 trial. High ALT levels can indicate liver damage. “Patient safety is always our priority, which is why we have elected to discontinue the development of 2158,” said Dr. John McHutchison,…