Establishing an innovative class of polyomavirus antivirals spanning BK and JC virus indications CANTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS ...
This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Polyomavirus infections' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...
What is the benefit of the determination of quantitative PCR for polyomavirus in renal transplant recipients? And is there any value in screening kidney donors for polyomavirus? The need for giving ...
Orthogon Therapeutics a annoncé aujourd’hui la clôture d’un tour de table de 11 millions de dollars, portant le montant total ...
A benign virus normally found in the skin can lead to a type of rare, lethal skin cancer. Specifically, infection by the Merkel cell polyomavirus can lead to Merkel cell carcinoma in ...
It has recently been shown that Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and often lethal cutaneous malignancy, frequently harbors a novel clonally integrated polyomavirus aptly named Merkel cell polyomavirus.
The BK polyomavirus exhibits tropism for the renal tubular epithelium, where it establishes latent infection. Vigorous immunosuppression of renal allograft recipients can lead to reactivation of the ...
While uncommon, BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with a "substantial" risk of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy may increase the ...
From July 2001 to April 2004, we used leflunomide as the initial antiviral therapy in 17 patients with biopsy-proven BK nephropathy. All but one of these patients was receiving tacrolimus, prednisone, ...
What diagnostic procedures should be done on follow-up of a patient who lost renal function after a verified polyomavirus infection in a renal graft, and when should these procedures be performed? Is ...
BK polyomavirus is a major source of kidney damage and rejection in transplant recipients. But a novel way has been found to decrease BK polyomavirus levels in transplant patients without decreasing ...