8 Hepatitis C Articles Links & Summaries

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Hepatitis C Diagnosis

NewsMax.com

Hepatitis C can be a deadly disease. As symptoms often do not appear until the

disease has progressed significantly, liver damage can occur in addition to

liver failure, liver cancer, and cirrhosis. Some do have hepatitis C for only a

short period of ...

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Hospital worker accused of spreading Hepatitis C

MiamiHerald.com

Federal prosecutors say a former radiology technician at ville's Mayo

Clinic injected himself with a painkiller meant for patients and infected some

of them with Hepatitis C in the process. The US Attorney's Office announced the

unsealing of a ...

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Australia troops warned of blood disease exposure

BBC News

The Australian army has said some of its soldiers serving in the Middle East may

have been exposed to blood-borne diseases including HIV and hepatitis. The

Defence Force blamed improperly sanitised equipment at a clinic at a base in the

United Arab ...

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BBC News

Introducing a New Drug for Hepatitis C

Patch.com

May is Hepatitis Awareness month, and what better way to mark the month than by

the announcement of a new, effective drug for Hepatitis C. On May 13, the FDA

approved boceprevir to treat certain patients with chronic Hepatitis C

infection. ...

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Benitec granted RNA interference patent for Hepatitis C in Japan

Proactive Investors Australia

The patent will be used in therapy to inhibit the level of the Hepatitis C virus

in cells, tissues and organs using an RNA interference construct. Hepatitis C

represents a major disease market. In 1999, the WHO estimated a worldwide

prevalence of about ...

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Proactive Investors Australia

Fired Mayo employee indicted after hepatitis spread through reused syringes

Florida Times-Union

If convicted on all counts, Beumel, infected with Hepatitis C, faces a maximum

penalty of life in prison. According to the indictment, Beumel was a radiology

technician at Memorial Hospital ville from mid-1992 through October 2004.

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Biotech's big success boosts Boston's Fan Pier project, too

Boston Globe

(TSOI/ Kobus & Associates, Elkus Manfredi Architects) By Casey Ross Yesterday's

approval of Vertex's Pharmaceutical Inc.'s hepatitis C treatment triggers one

the biggest real estate deals in Boston's history and is expected to spur the

economic ...

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Boston Globe

New Treatments for Hepatitis C

MD News (press release)

Most people with HCV do not know when they acquired the infection and do not

experience any symptoms until the late stages of the disease. Complications of

late stage disease include cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. ...

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