News tagged with hcv
New vaccine technology protects mice from hepatitis C virus
Immunology: Three percent of the world's population is currently infected by hepatitis C. The virus hides in the liver and can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer, and it's the most frequent cause of liver transplants in Denmark. ...
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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The hepatitis healing power of blueberry leaves
A chemical found in blueberry leaves has shown a strong effect in blocking the replication of the Hepatitis C virus, opening up a new avenue for treating chronic HCV infections, which affect 200 million people worldwide and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Hep C may benefit from genetic fingerprinting, research says
Genetic fingerprinting may predict who will benefit from early hepatitis C treatment and who will clear the virus spontaneously, new research shows.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Certain Syringes More Likely To Spread Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug Users
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale School of Medicine study reveals that the high prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injection drug users may be partly due to the resilience of the virus in certain types of syringes. The ...
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Feb 15, 2010 |
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UBC study shows increased risk of infectious disease in children of residential school survivors
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, research has revealed a statistical connection between residential schools and infectious disease rates. New findings from a University of British Columbia study on at-risk Aboriginal ...
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Feb 12, 2010 |
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PegIFN-lambda shows superior virological response and improved safety than PegIFN-alpha-2a
Highly exciting new data presented today at the International Liver CongressTM found Pegylated Interferon-lambda (PegIFN-lambda) shows superior virological response in HCV patients of genotypes 1-4, with improved safety and ...
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Apr 02, 2011 |
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Lack of health insurance limits hepatitis C patients' access to latest antiviral therapy
New research has determined that patients in the U.S. with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are twice as likely to not have health insurance coverage compared with those without the disease. In fact researchers found only a third ...
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Feb 24, 2011 |
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Depression overlooked in patients with hepatitis C; compromising HCV therapy
Researchers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland (the NORDynamIC project group) have observed that depressive symptoms in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are commonly overlooked in routine clinical interviews, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Alarming trend -- antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US
Researchers from the University of Michigan determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. Treatment rates ...
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Nov 24, 2009 |
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New treatment option for patients with chronic hepatitis C
A new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon (CIFN) and ribavirin is effective for some people with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) who do not respond to standard therapy. The treatment works particularly well in interferon-sensitive ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 28, 2009 |
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Two-day results predict ultimate response to therapy in chronic hepatitis C
A new study suggests that previously noted low rates of successful hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy in African Americans are in large part due to very early differences in the antiviral activity induced by interferon. The ...
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Mar 20, 2009 |
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