Genotype 1 HCV Patients with Early but Not Rapid Response May Benefit ...

Given the suboptimal response to interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection -- especially for patients with hard-to-treat HCV genotype 1 -- researchers have explored alternative treatment ...

HCV Protease Inhibitor ITMN-191 (R7227) Demonstrates Antiviral...

HCV Protease Inhibitor ITMN-191 Demonstrates Antiviral Potency in Genotype 1 Patients; New ITMN-5489 Also Under Study The limited efficacy and side effects of interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C ...

Orasure Technologies Files For FDA Approval Of Oraquick Rapid...

OraSure Technologies, Inc. recently announced that it has submitted a pre-market approval application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a rapid test for antibodies to the Hepatitis C virus utilizing ...

HCV Polymerase Inhibitor PF-00868554 Inhibits Viral Replication in Treatment-naive Patients

Two posters at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases last week in San Francisco presented data from a study of PF-00868554, a novel non-nucleoside HCV polymerase ...

Vertex announces positive data at the annual AASLD meeting

New Clinical Data Support Broad Profile for Telaprevir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection l PROVE 3 data show 52% SVR12 in HCV treatment-failure patients with 24-week treatment duration l ...

Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With ...

Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28- and 48-Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients Interim results of HCV SPRINT-1 study presented at AASLD annual ...

[Editorials] The Effects of Stress and APOE Genotype on Cognition in Older Adults

In this issue of the Journal, Lee and colleagues address relationships among genetic status , response to stress , and cognitive functioning in a large cohort of community-dwelling adults ranging in age from 50 ...

[Articles] Apolipoprotein E Genotype, Cortisol, and Cognitive...

Brian K. Lee, M.H.S., Thomas A. Glass, Ph.D., Gary S. Wand, M.D., Matthew J. McAtee, B.A., Karen Bandeen-Roche, Ph.D., Karen I. Bolla, Ph.D., and Brian S. Schwartz, M.D., M.S. Background: Elevated cortisol ...

How to beat the flab forced upon you by your genes

London, Oct 30 : Tried everything, from treadmills to Mediterranean diet, but still not able to fight the flab? Well, don't blame yourself, for fat is all in the genes, says a health guru, who has provided some ...

C-Reactive Protein Gene Issues Not Linked to Disease

30 New England Journal of Medicine . Jeppe Zacho, M.D., of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and colleagues analyzed data from four Danish cohorts, using the groups to explore different aspects of whether ...