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Mobile testing for 'hidden virus' hepatitis C
Mobile units are being used to test for hepatitis C in one of the areas where the virus is thought to be particularly ...
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Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘It’s a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it’
The virologist, awarded for his part in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, has helped save the lives of millions of ...
El Mundo on MSN13d
Charles Rice, discoverer of the hepatitis C virus: "Trump is politicizing science, merits no longer matter, and neither does capability"
During the pandemic, he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to hepatitis C research. While in Spain to ...
Big Island Now7d
Hawai‘i Island Community Health Center not just managing Hepatitis C, it’s ‘eliminating it’
Hawai‘i Island Community Health Center has made a stunning medical breakthrough, achieving a 71% cure rate for Hepatitis C — ...
Physician's Weekly16d
Cellular Aging Tied to Persistent Liver Stiffness After HCV Eradication
Cellular aging may explain persistent liver stiffness after HCV eradication, with shorter telomeres linked to poorer hepatic ...
BioWorld3d
Japanese scientists patent new compounds for HCV infection
Researchers at Ehime University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine and Shizuoka University have disclosed compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
Knowridge Science Report3d
Can you slow down liver cirrhosis?
Vaccinations are another tool to slow disease. People with cirrhosis should be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B, as these ...
Deadline News2d
Edinburgh’s Milestone House, the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, to close
IT HAS been announced today that the UK’s first purpose built AIDS hospice, Milestone House, is set to close. The residential ...