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Scientists unearth potential secret to viral resistance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a secret that may explain why some people are able to resist viral infections, having screened the immune systems of women exposed to hepatitis C (HCV) through contaminated anti-D transfusions given over 40 years ago in Ireland.
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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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Drugs for Hepatitis C may reduce symptoms of PTSD
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], August 23 (ANI): Posttraumatic stress disorder affects a lot of people (PTSD). This possibly chronic illness causes disruption in people's lives and might cause new health problems or make pre-existing ones worse, like despair, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts.
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Increasing cases of ailments in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 15 (ANI): The residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have expressed concerns over increasing ailments like hepatitis, typhoid, and other abdominal diseases due to the uneven climate.
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Nagpur: After blood transfusion, 4 children become HIV positive, one dies
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Four children in Nagpur became Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection positive, allegedly after blood transfusion, said officials on Thursday. These four patients were given blood for the treatment of Thalassemia, post which they were found i
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Hepatitis C patients cured with antiviral medicines less likely to be hosp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Michigan [US], February 20 (ANI): Hepatitis C is defined as an infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation. The virus is spread by contact with contaminated blood; for example, from sharing needles or from unsterile tattoo equipment. Recent research has ident
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Researchers develop new stratification tool for liver cancer risk after he
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): 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 tool that can determine patients' cancer risk in a single examination.
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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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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die before receiving a liver.
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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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Health complications during COVID19: What precautions should be taken befo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): For many people with preexisting medical issues, staying at home isn't an option amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in the middle of chemotherapy or need a liver transplant, or heart patients can't postpone their checkups
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