Investigation of hepatitis B virus replication in host cell metabolism.

• Main Author: Low, William Tiong Keng.
• Other Authors: Chen Wei Ning, William
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50522
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hepatitis B is a global concern. About 2 billion people have been infected by it and 350 million people are chronic carriers. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is causative of hepatocellular carcinoma and patients who suffer from chronic HBV infection have a 100-fold chance of developing HCC. A few HBV genes...