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? Hepatitis C virus Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: Flaviviridae Genus: Hepacivirus Species: Hepatitis C virus Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimat ...
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- Alcohol Increases Hepatitis C Virus in Human Cells (National Institutes of Health)
- Before You Start Hepatitis C Treatment (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Hepatitis C News Headlines
- Hollywood Scene of Hepatitis A Scare
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:33 EST
- Hollywood Scene of Hepatitis A Scare
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Sweat May Pass On Hepatitis B In Contact Sports
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Sweat May Pass On Hepatitis B In Contact Sports
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Key Protein For Hepatitis C Virus Entry Identified
ScienceDaily - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Hepatitis E Vaccine Shows Promise
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43 EST
- Hepatitis E Vaccine Shows Promise
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Sweat may spread hepatitis B virus
MSNBC - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:58 EST
- Sweat may spread hepatitis B virus
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:44 EST
- Genelabs Announces Publication In New England Journal Of Medicine Of Clinical Trial Results With Hepatitis E Virus Vaccine
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- HIV Drug Resistance Spurred By Widely Used Hepatitis B Drug
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- SEBIVO(R) (Telbivudine) Approved In China As New Treatment Option For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Dynavax Initiates Phase I Trial Of Hepatitis B Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Hepatitis E Vaccine Shows Promise
MedicineNet - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Widely Used Hepatitis B Drug Spurs HIV Drug Resistance
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Beyonce Knowles Cleared Of Hepatitis Risk From Hollywood Party Food
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Human Genome Sciences Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Albuferon(R) With Ribavirin In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 2 And 3
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Anita Roddick Has Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Studies Examine Effects Of Circumcision, Hepatitis B Treatment On HIV/AIDS
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- SEBIVO(R) (telbivudine) Recommended For Approval In European Union As A New Treatment For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Body Shop's Roddick suffering from Hepatitis C
The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:12 EST
- Hep E vaccine proves effective but expensive
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:43 EST
- Pharmasset Initiates Multiple Ascending Dose Study Of R7128 In Patients Chronically Infected With HCV Genotype 1
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase Ib Results For Its Targeted Immunotherapy Bavituximab In Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Transgene Initiates A Phase I Trial Of Its Therapeutic Vaccine Candidate TG4040 For Patients Chronically Infected With The Hepatitis C Virus
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Heavy drinking risky for women with hepatitis
Reuters - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:44 EST
- RNAi Shows Promise In Gene Therapy, Stanford Researcher Says
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Peregrine's Licensee Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial In Europe With Novel Tumor Necrosis Therapy Cancer Agent
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Hep-A warning for magazine's guests
MSNBC - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:41 EST
- RNAi Shows Promise In Gene Therapy, Researcher Says
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Antipodean Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 Trial In Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Heavy Drinking Takes Excessive Toll On Women With Hepatitis C
ScienceDaily - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Chinese authorities say no cases of hepatitis C from blood-based drug
The Earth Times - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:03 EST
- Heavy Drinking Takes Excessive Toll On Women With Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Biolex Therapeutics Announces Initiation Of Locteron(TM) Phase 2 Clinical Study In Chronic Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- New Culture Method For Hepatitis C Virus Uses Primary Hepatocytes And Patient Serum
ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Body Shop's Roddick has Hepatitis C
CNN - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:34 EST
- Copegus Approved In Japan As Combination Therapy With Pegasys For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- 'Deliberate' HIV case man guilty
BBC - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:43 EST
- New Culture Method For Hepatitis C Virus Uses Primary Hepatocytes And Patient Serum
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Coley Pharmaceutical Group Updates Hepatitis C Drug Development Strategy
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Arrow Therapeutics Selects A Further Hepatitis C Clinical Candidate
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- New test kits for dengue, hepatitis developed
The Earth Times - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:08 EST
- Heavy drinking riskier for women with hep C
MSNBC - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:29 EST
- Heavy drinking cuts lifespan in HCV women
The Earth Times - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:02 EST
- Roche Diagnostics Submits Hepatitis C Viral Load Monitoring Test To FDA
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- ZymoGenetics Begins Clinical Trial For PEG-Interferon Lambda As Potential Treatment For Viral Infection
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Gen-Probe Reports Positive Regulatory Progress For PROCLEIX(R) ULTRIO(R) Blood Screening Assay On The TIGRIS(R) System
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Patent Issued For Compounds With Potential To Treat BVDV And HCV
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Awareness And Testing For Hepatitis C Are Increasing, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Interferon-Treated Hepatitis C Patients Likely To Experience Retinopathy
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- Racial Differences Seen In Steatosis In Patients With Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- $1B Hepatitis C Compensation Agreement Completed And Now Proceeds To Courts, Canada
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Racial Differences Seen In Fat In The Liver In Patients With Hepatitis C
ScienceDaily - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Abbott M2000™ Instrument And Viral Load Tests For HIV-1 And HCV Approved In Canada
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Initiation Of Civacir(R) Phase II 'Proof-of- Concept' Clinical Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- UK Hepatitis C cases soar
BBC - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
- A Shot of Urgency In Md.'s Vaccine Debate
Washington Post - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- Risk Factors For Diabetes Following Liver Transplant
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- HCV patients may develop retinopathy
The Earth Times - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:20 EST
- Risk Factors For Diabetes Following Liver Transplant
ScienceDaily - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Results Of First Interim Safety And Antiviral Analysis Of The PROVE 1 Clinical Trial For Hepatitis
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Dynavax Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Trial For HEPLISAV(TM), Hepatitis B Vaccine
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Coinfection With Both HIV And Hepatitis C Virus A Growing Problem
ScienceDaily - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Human Genome Sciences Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Albuferon(R) In Combination With Ribavirin For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Molecular 'On-off Switch' Controls Immune Defenses Against Viruses
ScienceDaily - Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Something to Show for 15 Years
Washington Post - Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:00 EST
- Earlier HIV Therapy Helps Beat Back Hepatitis C
MedicineNet - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals And Metabasis Therapeutics License Rights To Hepatitis B Compound Pradefovir To Schering-Plough Corporation
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Dynavax's HEPLISAV(TM) Hepatitis B Vaccine Shows 100% Seroprotection Regardless Of Vaccination Schedule In Phase 2 Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Bayer Diagnostics And Innogenetics Launch Versant HCV Genotype 2.0 Assay (LiPA) For Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Dynavax's HEPLISAV(TM) Hepatitis B Vaccine Shows Statistically Significant Results In Phase 3 Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- NIH Selects Purdue To Use Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor For National Nanomedicine Development Center
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- NIH Selects Purdue To Use Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor For National Nanomedicine Development Center
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- Inovio Biomedical Partner Tripep Files Application For Phase I Clinical Study Of Hepatitis C DNA Vaccine
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
- Patients Who Recover From Hepatitis C Have Lower Risk Of Reinfection
ScienceDaily - Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Hepatitis C: Stopping Reinfection
WebMD - Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:38 EST
- New Drug Helps Hepatitis C Patients Start Antiviral Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- Making Headway Against Hepatitis C: New Drug Combo Effective In Non-Responders
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Health Tip: Living With Hepatitis C
MedicineNet - Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- Lower Risk Of Reinfection After Recovery From Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:00 EST
- Too Many Healthcare Workers Exposed To Bloodborne Viruses, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Headway Against Hepatitis C: Study Shows Liver Damage Can Be Reversed
ScienceDaily - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Hepatitis C: Stopping Reinfection
MedicineNet - Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- New Drug Helps Hepatitis C Patients Start Antiviral Therapy
ScienceDaily - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- FDA OKs New Hepatitis B Drug
WebMD - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:54 EST
- Tyzeka(TM) Receives US Regulatory Approval As A New Treatment For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Interaction Between Lymph And Liver Cells May Affect Immune Response
ScienceDaily - Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Hearts Transplanted From Hepatitis C Donors Associated With Lower Survival Rates In Recipients, Penn Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:00 EST
- Getting Tattooed Could Have Hidden Health Consequences
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Human Genome Sciences Reports Positive Interim Results Of Phase 2 Trials Of Albuferon(TM) With Ribavirin In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- FDA approves Novartis, Idenix, Hepatitis B drug, Tyzeka
The Earth Times - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:22 EST
- Drug Combo Fights Tough-to-Treat Hepatitis C
MedicineNet - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA OKs Another Drug to Treat Hepatitis
ABC News - Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:05 EST
- UT Southwestern Researchers Refocus Studies On Patients With HIV, Hepatitis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:00 EST
- Heart Transplant From Organ Donor With Hepatitis C Associated With Decreased Survival
ScienceDaily - Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Tyzeka Approved to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicineNet - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- College Students Unaware of Hepatitis C Risks
MedicineNet - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- TYZEKA(TM) (telbivudine) Approved By U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) As A New Treatment For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Maxygen's Next-Generation Interferon Alpha Enters Phase Ia Clinical Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
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