Topic: World Health Organization
More than 150 Chinese villagers, many of them children, may have been infected with hepatitis C by a clinic that reused old needles, state media and local authorities said Wednesday.Nineteen people who received treatment at the privately-run clinic in central China have ...
US scientists have discovered a way to block replication of the hepatitis C virus, potentially leading to better treatment for the top cause of liver cancer in the United States, a study said Wednesday.In vitro experiments identified a protein that is essential ...
An experimental treatment targeting hepatitis C was able to inhibit replication of the virus in the bloodstream of chimpanzees and could treat chronic infections in humans, a new study said Thursday.The treatment works by inhibiting a molecule that helps hepatitis C virus ...
Researchers in the United States have found another good reason to go to the local espresso bar: several cups of coffee a day could halt the progression of liver disease, a study showed Wednesday.Sufferers of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease ...
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