News tagged with hepatitis test

Magnitude of dirty VA hospital equipment unknown

(AP) -- Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US researchers defend animal testing

US researchers defended animal testing, telling a small group at one of the biggest science conferences in the United States that not doing animal research would be unethical and cost human lives.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Novel economical blood test for hepatitis C

A novel blood test could bring a breakthrough in the battle against the dangerous hepatitis-C virus. This procedure offers a considerably cheaper alternative to the normal commercial tests, whilst maintaining equal sensitivity. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0