TY - JOUR A1 - Piramanayagam, Paramasivan A1 - Choudhuri, Gourdas T1 - Hepatitis B: News from the research world Y1 - 2007/1/1 JF - Hepatitis B Annual JO - Hep B Annual SP - 133 EP - 145 VL - 4 IS - 1 UR - https://www.hepatitisbannual.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9747;year=2007;volume=4;issue=1;spage=133;epage=145;aulast=Piramanayagam DO - 10.4103/0972-9747.45094 N2 - Hepatitis B is the leading cause of viral hepatitis in the developing world; about 400 million people are infected with chronic hepatitis B worldwide. Continuing research on hepatitis B over the last few decades has added considerably to our understanding of its replication, pathology, natural history, diagnosis and treatment. This section highlights a few selected landmark research articles published during the past year in the field of Hepatitis B. These articles enhance our understanding of the basic nature of this infection and help us to treat patients with chronic infection better. Comments have been added after each abstract to highlight the reasons for selecting these articles. ER -