Therapeutic Vaccine for Hepatitis B Virus

Therapeutic Vaccine for Hepatitis B Virus

Although prophylactic hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in children has dramatically reduced HBV incidence, but hepatitis B infection remains a global health problem. Chronic HBV carriers, among the large population infected by HBV, are facing the risk of progressing to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer due to the insufficiency and noticeable side effects of current antiviral treatments.