Hepatitis C Virus

Vaccine possible for multiple strains of hepatitis C, evidence shows

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 10th, 2004

Studies at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research offer the first evidence that a vaccine against all strains of the hepatitis C virus should be possible, since chimpanzees that have previously cleared infection with one strain of the virus show protective immunity to multiple strains.

While a vaccine could be years away, the finding is significant. Scientists previously had thought that prior infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) only produced immunity to the specific strain with which one had been infected, said lead investigator Dr. Robert E. Lanford of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio (SFBR).

Lanford, his...

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