New Drugs for Hepatitis C on the Horizon
source: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110331/full/news.2011.199.html
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Some 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C, an infection that can linger in the body for years before producing symptoms. It can eventually lead to serious liver scarring and cancer. And most infections in the U.S. are the disease's particularly tough breed, known as genotype 1, which has a cure rate of less than 40 percent with the best current treatment.
link: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110331/full/news.2011.199.html
link: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110331/full/news.2011.199.html
