Researchers have discovered new clues to hepatitis B species restriction that could enable development of an effective small animal model for studying HBV infection and disease progression.
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New clues to hepatitis B species restriction could help build a novel model for studying infection

254 Million People with chronic hepatitis B
Nearly 1 Million deaths/year Annual deaths from HBV complications
Lack Of Effective Small Animal Model Research barrier
~1 Million annual HBV deaths