New Findings May Open Doors for HCV Research
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The Editors at Hepatitis Central
August 8, 2013
Chimpanzees are the first animal model that might help provide new approaches for the treatment and vaccines to help against HCV. Humans and chimpanzees were found to be the only species that can be infected with the virus.
Cure for hepatitis C virus comes closer to reality
Washington, Aug 3 (ANI): Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown for the first time that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can replicate in monkeys, by differentiating monkey stem cells into liver cells and inducing successful infection.
The new findings may lead to the first new animal model and provide new avenues for developing treatments and vaccines for this disease, which impacts more than three million people in the United States.
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