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Australian Scientists Cure Hepatitis B in Animal Trials

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday April 21 2015, @06:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the trial-wonders-that-we-never-see-in-real-life dept.

sigma writes:

SBS Australia reports that a dual therapy of antiviral drug and anti-cancer drugs was 100 percent successful in eliminating the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in pre-clinical animal trials. The combination treatment targets the cell signalling pathways that the hepatitis B virus uses to keep host liver cells alive.

Researcher Marc Pellegrini said "We are hopeful these promising results will be as successful in human clinical trials, which are currently underway in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide,"

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/21/new-treatment-promising-hep-b

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:44PM (#173641)

    It really does seem like science has finally made traction against a number of really difficult and complex diseases (e.g. cancer). Yay science.

    Boo science after we all perish by nuk e and engineered superbu g

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @10:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @10:08PM (#173710)

    Save your "Boo" for the politicians that decide to do bad things with technologies developed by scientists and engineers.