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News: November 26, 2009

PCR testing facility to be available at DHQ Hospi...
... Khalid Iqbal Malik while talking to 'The News'. The PCR equipment is used for diagnostic purpose in diseases like hepatitis B & C and tuberculosis. It is for the first time that the government authorities are going to provide the PCR testing ...
Source:The News
Date:October 2, 2009
SciClone stops pancreatic cancer trial
... percent, in after-hours trading. It's the second disappointment for SciClone in the past 12 months. A late-stage hepatitis C trial with Zadaxin, also known as thymalfasin, failed last November, though SciClone is looking for a partner for a Phase ...
Source:East Bay Business Times
Date:October 2, 2009
Keeping Hepatitis C At Bay After Liver Transplant
One of the most common reasons for needing a liver transplant is liver failure or liver cancer caused by liver cell infection with hepatitis C virus .
Source:RedOrbit
Date:October 2, 2009
Hep C high in truck drivers
A study by the New Mexico Department of Health shows there are high rates of hepatitis C infection among long-haul truck drivers, and many of them are not aware they have the disease.
Source:Alamogordo Daily News
Date:October 2, 2009
As You See It: Oct. 2, 2009
... of heroin and other opiate addictions; 2 they save many, many lives by preventing opiate overdoses, AIDS, hepatitis C and B, black-market-related violence, etc.; 3 they are meant to be taken under the tongue, not intravenously; 4 drug use and abuse ...
Source:Santa Cruz Sentinel
Date:October 2, 2009
Hepatitis C emerges as Egypt's top health crisis
A healthcare worker draws blood from a young boy to test for the virus hepatitis C at a clinic in Cairo.
Source:TheNational
Date:October 1, 2009
Vertex expects bigger loss in 2009
Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. fell yesterday after the company forecast a wider 2009 loss while raising $155 million through new debt and the sale of milestone payment rights for the hepatitis C drug candidate telaprevir.
Source:The Boston Globe
Date:October 1, 2009
Stable replication of the EBNA1/OriP mediated bac...
Hepatitis C virus is one of the main causes of liver-related morbidity and mortality.
Source:Virology Journal
Date:October 1, 2009
Idenix Announces Data Presentations at the 60th A...
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today announced that two abstracts on IDX184, the company's lead hepatitis C development program, have been accepted for presentation at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the ...
Source:Small Times
Date:October 1, 2009
Interferon-based Therapy May Interfere with Sexua...
By Liz Highleyman Interferon-based therapy for hepatitis C has several well-known side effects, including depression and blood cell deficiencies .
Source:HIV and Hepatitis
Date:October 1, 2009
IL28B is associated with response to chronic hepa...
IL28B is associated with response to chronic hepatitis C interferon- and ribavirin therapy Hepatitis C virus infects 3% of the world's population.
Source:Nature Publishing Group
Date:September 13, 2009
Hep C strongly linked to type 2 diabetes
People infected with hepatitis C virus have an increased risk of developing type 2, or "adult-onset" diabetes, a population-based study confirms.
Source:Canada.com
Date:July 25, 2007
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