Hepatitis C Infection - Vertex hepatitis C drug gets fast track

Vertex hepatitis C drug gets fast track
WRGB - (Cambridge, MASS - AP) Vertex Pharmaceuticals has received a "fast track" designation from regulators for a hepatitis C therapy they're developing. The Cambridge-based company's shares rose more than two-percent 56 cents, or 2.2 percent in early

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999 Today - The longer a woman takes to conceive, the more likely she is to have a boy, new research suggests. Infections may trigger childhood cancers Common infections affecting mother and baby could play a key role in triggering certain types of cancer, new

Coffee and tea might reduce liver disease risks
Food Production Daily - 06/12/2005 - Drinking more than two cups of coffee or tea daily appears to cut the risk of chronic liver disease by half, reports new research from America. The principle finding of this large, national, population-based prospective study was that

Texas scientists discover how a hepatitis C protein promotes liver
EurekAlert - GALVESTON, Texas--Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have identified a key biochemical connection between the hepatitis C virus and liver cancer. The molecular mechanism is similar to the one that links the human

Thousands infected with hepatitis C
999 Today - Around 4,500 people in England and Wales are living with severe liver disease, including cirrhosis, liver failure or liver cancer, as a result of having a chronic hepatitis C infection, a new report has found. The Health Protection Agency (HPA