Abbott announced that the FDA has approved its RealTime HBV assay for measuring the amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in human plasma or serum from individuals chronically infected with HBV. The ...

Assay can be used with the Abbott m2000 system to understand response to treatment. Abbott received approval from the FDA to market the Abbott RealTime HBV assay for quantitation of HBV in plasma or ...

BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LabCorp® (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company, announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ...

Real-time PCR or quantitative PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is an advancement of the standard PCR technique, which enables continuous monitoring of the reaction and collection of data in real time.

Background and Aim: Long-term lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection induces the emergence of lamivudine resistant HBV YMDD mutant strains. The aim of the present study was ...

Hepatitis B viral load is the amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) found in a person’s bloodstream. Hepatitis B is a viral infection that can pass from person to person through bodily fluids. It ...

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, which potentially causes severe complications, such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (1), is a grave threat to human health in ...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR), invented about three decades ago, soon entered mainstream use thanks to an ongoing series of refinements. One particularly important refinement, introduced about ...