Hepatitis C virus variant that allows infection in mice expands research opportunities
The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...
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Hepatitis C Virus and eliminating post-transfusion hepatitis
Further, the two samples that they missed were acute-phase sera, and subsequent samples from these same patients proved to be positive for what Chiron now called the hepatitis C virus. Michael ...
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A 'perfect storm' of mutations: How chronic hepatitis C infection leads to autoimmune disease
The research, published in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV)—which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide—and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...
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AI drug discoverer's antiviral reduces COVID in mouse lungs, neutralizes other RNA viruses
Many of the most devastating infectious diseases are caused by RNA viruses, and Model Medicines is working on one compound to ...
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Uncovering the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus
one of which can be a virus. There are several types of viral hepatitis denoted by the letters A through E, as well as Epstein Barr and cytomegalovirus. Hepatitis C is the most common and is ...
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Brelovitug Granted Breakthrough Designation for Chronic Hepatitis Delta
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to brelovitug (BJT-778) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis delta (CHD).