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Scientists Discover Promising Treatment for Deadly Hepatitis E Virus
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Scientists Discover Promising Treatment for Deadly Hepatitis E Virus
A drug originally designed to treat hepatitis C is now showing unexpected potential against hepatitis E. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the leading cause of acute viral hepatitis and kills about 70,000 people each year. In most healthy people, the infection clears on its own, but it can become chronic in people with weakened immune [...]
A drug already undergoing clinical trials against the hepatitis C virus can also inhibit the replication of the hepatitis E virus. Approximately 70,000 people die each year from hepatitis E virus infections. There is currently neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment for the virus...
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