Hepatitis C Virus
Research from University of Texas provides new data about hepatitis C virus
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 9th, 2009
"Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer, efforts to understand the pathogenesis of HCV infection have been limited by the low abundance of viral proteins expressed within the liver, which hinders the detection of infected cells in situ. This study evaluated the ability of advanced optical imaging techniques to determine the extent and distribution of HCV-infected cells within the liver," investigators in the United States report.
"We combined 2-photon microscopy with virus-specific, fluorescent, semiconductor quantum dot probes to determine the proportion of hepatocytes that were infected with virus in frozen sections of liver...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-11-09)
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