Hepatitis C
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Researchers develop new stratification tool for liver cancer risk after hepatitis C
Washington: While Hepatitis C can be now cured with the help of modern drugs, some patients go on to develop liver cancer after that. A research team has now developed a new…
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Remdesivir may be highly effective against COVID, case study finds
London: Remdesivir may be a highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new single-patient study that contradicts previous research which found the drug had no impact on…
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3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery
Stockholm: Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C…
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Hepatitis C drugs can reduce liver-cancer deaths: Study
Washington: A new study has put forth that antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C are beneficial in reducing liver-related deaths by nearly 50 per cent in patients who had a history…
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Hepatitis C transmission from mothers to babies can be prevented through universal screening
Washington: In a recent study conducted by researchers in Canada stated that the transmission of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from mothers to babies can be prevented. The study was published in the…
