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BM32 vaccine against grass pollen allergy could be potential treatment for hepatitis B infection – News-Medical.Net
Chronic hepatitis B infections represent a global health problem that could hitherto only be treated by chemotherapy.
Chronic hepatitis B infections represent a global health problem that could hitherto only be treated by chemotherapy.
A team of researchers led by Rudolf Valenta from MedUni Vienna’s Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology has now demonstrated that a protein contained in the BM32 vaccine against grass pollen allergy induces antibodies that prevent the hepatitis B virus from docking onto liver cells. The study has been published in the Lancet EBioMedicine journal.
Chronic hepati…
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