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Scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.
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Study reveals people with HIV, hepatitis C develop high risk of heart att
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dallas (Texas) [US], September 21 (ANI): According to new research, people with HIV who also have untreated hepatitis C virus have a much higher risk of heart attack as they age, even if their HIV is treated.
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Scientists find key to hepatitis C entry into cells, findings provide new
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, describe the structure of a key protein on the surface of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and how it interacts with its receptor foun
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020 awarded for Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 6 (ANI): Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2020 was jointly awarded to the three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to scientists who discovered Hepatitis C Viru
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): British scientist Michael Houghton and American scientists Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice were on Monday jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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Hepatitis C transmission from mothers to babies can be prevented through u
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): 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.
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Increasing numbers of individuals with lower education die from liver canc
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Apr 8 (ANI): Researchers have established a link between lower education and cancer mortality. The study revealed that rising rates of liver cancer deaths in the United States have largely been confined to individuals who have received less education, especially among m
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3 cups of coffee a day keep HIV death risk at bay
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 26 (ANI): Drinking at least three cups of coffee and not smoking daily may half the risk of mortality in patients infected by both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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World Hepatitis Day: Study suggests hepatitis C infection most common in N
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): An analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, a diagnostic chain in India, on Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, E) testing done in its laboratories revealed that Hepatitis C Virus infection was most common in the Northern states of India when compared with other parts of th
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Newer and effective medications now ensure cure for Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 9 (ANI): A study reveals a dramatic transformation in the care of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), as more effective and tolerable medications have become available.
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Hepatitis C virus gradually destroys immune defenses
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 18 (ANI): A recent research cited in an academic journal titled Nature Medicine suggests that the virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by blocking signals that call up immune defenses in liver cells.
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