Topic: Hepatitis
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-20 23:10:23
<div><p>US scientists have discovered a way to block replication of the hepatitis C virus, potentially leading to better treatment for the top cause of liver cancer in the United States, a study said Wednesday.</p><p>In vitro experiments identified a protein that is essential to the reproductive cycle of ...
AP Features | 2010-01-11 15:14:32
<div><p>They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it.</p><p>In the next 10 years, these two liver-damaging infections will kill about 150,000 people in the U.S. alone ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-03 19:10:29
<div><p>An experimental treatment targeting hepatitis C was able to inhibit replication of the virus in the bloodstream of chimpanzees and could treat chronic infections in humans, a new study said Thursday.</p><p>The treatment works by inhibiting a molecule that helps hepatitis C virus replicate, according to scientists at ...
AP News | 2009-08-13 17:20:24
<div id="subtitle">Illinois mother, daughter file hepatitis lawsuit against McDonald's</div><div><p>An Illinois mother and daughter have sued McDonald's Corp. and a Milan (MY'-luhn) McDonald's, saying they were sickened with hepatitis A after eating at the restaurant.</p><p>Karie Fiegel ...
