Generating doctor awareness on Hepatitis C treatment can halve costs supriya kashyap kashyap29 March 2016 8:55 AM ISTNew York : The cost of treating Hepatitis C virus (HCV) could be reduced by half if doctors are trained to predict when a patient can safely stop...
Inactivating certain protein-coding gene promotes liver tissue regeneration savita thakur thakur28 March 2016 4:00 PM ISTWashington: A recent study says that inactivating a certain protein-coding gene promotes liver tissue regeneration in mammals."This research gives us...
India may soon get treatment for Hepatitis C supriya kashyap kashyap6 July 2016 9:44 PM ISTWashington : A latest breakthrough treatment for the deadly Hepatitis C virus could soon be available in India as 11 Indian firms have been given...
Inflammation triggers unsustainable immune response to chronic viral infection supriya kashyap kashyap24 Oct 2016 10:49 AM ISTScientists at the University of Basel discovered a fundamental new mechanism explaining the inadequate immune defense against chronic viral infection....
Why hepatitis C virus vaccine has been difficult to make supriya kashyap kashyap25 Oct 2016 1:16 PM ISTResearchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the globally endemic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Now scientists at The Scripps...
Prevention of cirrhosis in hepatitis C with use of direct-acting anti-virals Noha27 Dec 2016 3:28 PM IST The new direct-acting anti-virals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection offer higher cure rates, but at a much higher cost than the standard...
Newer medications can cure HCV infections, study suggests supriya kashyap kashyap11 March 2017 10:10 AM ISTA new analysis reveals a dramatic transformation in the care of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as more effective and tolerable...
ENDURANCE-3 Study : Once daily treatment effective in hepatitis C subgroup supriya kashyap kashyap22 April 2017 2:38 PM ISTStudy results presented demonstrate that the oral, once-daily treatment regimen of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) resulted in 95% sustained virologic...
New Canadian guideline: No screening for hepatitis C in adults not at increased risk supriya kashyap kashyap24 April 2017 12:30 PM ISTThe Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults at low risk in a...
A transplant and a cure: Penn team eradicates hepatitis C in 10 patients supriya kashyap kashyap5 May 2017 10:59 AM ISTTen patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were...
Generic hepatitis C drugs available in India Cost effective and Save Lifetime Costs: Plos One Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 May 2017 9:28 AM ISTUse of the generic versions of directly-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs that are available in India to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is not...
BEWARE: Hepatitis C Infection most common in North India, points out SRL Diagnostics Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 July 2017 4:33 PM ISTNew Delhi : An analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, the leading diagnostic chain in India on Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, E) testing done in its...
