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Pharmaceutical advances offer new options for health outcomes

Research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) explores pharmaceutical advances for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) and hepatitis C.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twin epidemics: HIV and Hepatitis C in the urban Northeast

A new Yale study looks at the scope and consequences of a burgeoning health problem in the cities of the U.S. Northeast: concurrent infection with both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). The study appears online ...

HIV & AIDS created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First trial of a new hepatitis C vaccine shows promise

(Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine against the chronic liver disease hepatitis C has shown promising results in a first clinical trial in humans, Oxford University researchers report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team discovers new gene that affects clearance of hepatitis C virus

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered a gene that interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that predicts ...

Genetics created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery provides blueprint for new drugs that can inhibit hepatitis C virus

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution structure of a molecule that when attached to the genetic material of the hepatitis C virus prevents it from reproducing.

Medical research created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how hepatitis C virus reprograms human liver cells

Hepatitis C virus has evolved to invade and hijack the basic machinery of the human liver cell to ensure its survival and spread. Researchers at the University of North have discovered how hepatitis C binds ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sustained virological response linked with improved survival for patients with chronic HCV infection

Among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and advanced hepatic fibrosis (development of excess fibrous connective tissue), sustained virological response (SVR) to interferon-based treatment was associated with ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic variant linked to development of liver cancer in hepatitis C virus carriers

A genome-wide study by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital and Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital has identified a genetic variant associated with the development ...

Genetics created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular root of 'exhausted' T cells in chronic viral infection

When you get an acute infection, such as influenza, the body generally responds with a coordinated response of immune-cell proliferation and attack that rapidly clears the pathogen. Then, their mission done, the immune system ...

Medical research created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection

Chronic infections by viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C eventually take hold because they wear the immune system out, a phenomenon immunologists describe as exhaustion.

Medical research created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sofosbuvir shows promise for chronic hepatitis C infection

(HealthDay)—Sofosbuvir seems to be a promising treatment option for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to two studies published online April 23 in the New England Journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research finds targeted screening for hepatitis C is cost-effective

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be cost-effective.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic hepatitis C: Interferon may be harmful in re-treatment

People with hepatitis C and chronic liver disease who relapsed or failed to respond to initial treatment are unlikely to improve on interferon retreatment. In fact, they may face an increased risk of dying sooner, and are ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis C deaths up, baby boomers most at risk

(AP) -- Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed - they are most at risk.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Potential therapy for HIV suggested: Blocking key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection

UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the findin ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast