flosz schreef op 9 juni 2011 10:57:
Deze week (@de liefhebber)Nature’s Supplement: Hepatitis C
Infecting around 120 million people worldwide, hepatitis C virus (HCV) is more common than HIV yet it is a neglected epidemic. Diagnosis is hard, treatment is arduous, and there is no vaccine. However, for the first time in decades, new drugs are about to be launched that could substantially improve treatment and herald a new era of HCV awareness.
www.nature.com/nature/outlook/hepatit...Hepatitis C
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...A smouldering public-health crisis
Long overshadowed by HIV, the hepatitis C virus is starting to take its toll. And the heat is on to find and treat those affected.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Therapeutics: New drugs hit the target
With two recently approved drugs and dozens more in the pipeline, hepatitis C treatment will improve over the next decade.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Perspective: Miles to go before we sleep
New drugs are generating much excitement, but a cure for all will take generations of therapies, argues Charles Rice
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Pharmacogenomics: Playing the odds
Can doctors calculate a patient's chance of being cured by searching their DNA? Hepatitis C researchers are starting to make this a reality.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Perspective: Recognizing resistance
The hepatitis C virus is endemic among injection drug users, who could harbour treatment-resistant viruses. We need to adapt to this reality, says Diana Sylvestre
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Global health: A uniquely Egyptian epidemic
Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C worldwide. And the epidemic will soon peak. Prevention demands political will, ample funding and a change in mindset.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Research technique: The murine candidate
Small animals that mimic human hepatitis C infection will help researchers pinpoint weakness in the viral life cycle.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Vaccines: A moving target
The hepatitis C virus has a set of cunning ways to evade immunity, but researchers are turning the immune system on it.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Diagnostics: A testing journey
Results ready in minutes and more efficacious drugs will help find and treat the hundreds of millions of carriers.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...Perspective: Test and treat this silent killer
The scourge of the hepatitis C virus in the United States is woefully underestimated. Brian R. Edlin reckons it's time the infection is given the priority it demands.
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7...