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Hepatitis C has been shown to be able to access the brain—an important breakthrough that may lead to improved treatment of Hepatitis C symptoms in the future. The blood-brain barrier is like a more tightly-woven version of the cell barriers that exist throughout the body; only very small, or very specific substance types can get [...]
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Early last year, it was said that there were over 250 vaccines on the horizon, and now many of those vaccines are coming to fruition.A Hepatitis C VaccineFirst, there are several teams of scientists here and abroad working to create a vaccine for HCV(Hepatitis C Virus). Some are being tested as vaccines for treatment as [...]
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Canadian scientistshave found a way to slow the spread of Hepatitis C in the liver, potentially allowing medicines that treat Hepatitis C and the immune system time to defeat the virus, although it has not moved into such trials.The new method to block Hepatitis C works by shrinking fat cells in the liver, which Hepatitis [...]
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During the nineties, AIDS awareness spread, teaching people about safe sex, safe drug use, and getting tested for STDs. Unfortunately, Hepatitis C, although less intimidating as a disease, spreads far more easily, and is far less well known. While AIDS rates have decreased, Hepatitis C rates have stayed the same—or even gone up in some [...]
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The excitement of new Hepatitis C drugs has been taken back with the news that one (and possibly several others with similar chemical structures) causes liver toxicity. The toxicity could affect new products in testing at 3 of 4 pharmaceutical companies testing new Hepatitis C drugs. About Hepatitis C: Hepatitis C is a virus that [...]
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