Genelabs, Boehringer Mannheim other research news

GNLB researchers and collaborators described in Science the sequencing and cloning of the HGV strain of hepatitis virus.

The company announced the discovery of the strain in January 1995. HGV, which causes acute and chronic hepatitis, and is distantly related to hepatitis C, is not detectable by tests for other hepatitis-associated viruses. It may be transmitted via blood transfusions, is found around the world, and is present within the volunteer blood donor population of the U.S. ...