TWiV Special: A Shot of Hep B with Thomas Tu YouTube video by MicrobeTV

In this conversation with Rich Condit, Thomas Tu (@thatliverguy.bsky.social) shares his journey with Hep B from diagnosis to dedicating his career to finding answers, and opens up about the science, the stigma, and his experience.

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New research - Early antiviral treatment with tenofovir alafenamide to prevent serious clinical adverse events in adults with chronic hepatitis B and moderate or high viraemia (ATTENTION): interim results from a randomised controlled trial

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A Cancer-Causing Virus Hiding in Millions of Americans Why does hepatitis B, which can lead to liver cancer, often go undetected, even though tests exist?

Superb piece on #HBV
by in the New Yorker by @ingfeichen.bsky.social!

She does a great job covering so many important aspects of #HepatitisB. Hoping this article brings much needed awareness to #HepB!
www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

The urgent need to end hepatitis B stigma and discrimination More than 250 million people live with chronic hepatitis B, making it the most common chronic infection worldwide.1 Despite effective tools to prevent transmission, diagnosis, and treatment, hepatitis B is the leading cause of liver cancer globally, with two people dying every minute and little change in hepatitis B mortality in the past 20 years.1 Globally, only 13% of people with hepatitis B are aware of their infection and access to treatment and care is scarce, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries.

New Comment - Freeland et al - The urgent need to end hepatitis B stigma and discrimination

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New Comment - Elimination of hepatitis B requires recognition of catastrophic costs for patients and their families

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Last up is a prerecorded presentation from Dong Li (Westmead) with @thatliverguy.bsky.social who is Investigating HBV DNA integration and its role in genomic instability through HBx expression (Poster #116)
And that finishes up the second Science Bites session, let’s go for tea! #AVS12

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Agree with your comments, but this is the key. "Does it matter in day to day interactions?" It's an important Q and one that impinges on the stigma (& by extension health care) of people living w hep B

Mouse model a bit out of context: direct IV injection and immunocompromised. Undetectable HIV can be transmitted via blood transfusion, but that doesn't stop U=U for most every day interactions. Probably the same for hbv.

It is time for World Hepatitis Testing Week Undiagnosed hepatitis B and C is driving a global health crisis, contributing to more than a million deaths each year from cancer and other liver diseases.1 Globally, only 13% of people living with ch...

Globally, only 13% of people living with chronic hepatitis B & 36% living with chronic hepatitis C have been diagnosed. It’s time for World Hepatitis Testing Week.

New Comment from the World Hepatitis Alliance: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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