Hepatitis C Virus

Reports from the United States, Australia and Austria advance knowledge in hepatitis C virus research

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 11th, 2006

Reports from the United States, Australia and Austria highlight recent research in hepatitis C virus.

Study 1: According to recent research from the United States, hepatitis C virus (HCV) response to interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in chimpanzees is largely tissue specific.

"The mechanism of the interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha)-induced antiviral response during hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy is not completely understood. In this study, we examined the transcriptional response to IFN-alpha in uninfected chimpanzees after single doses of chimpanzee, human, or human-pegylated IFN-alpha," wrote R.E. Lanford and colleagues, SW Foundation of Biomedical...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-09-11)

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