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Hepatitis B, Chronic: Entecavir (NICE)
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Genelabs, NHRI collaborate on hepatitis C drug candidates
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- has entered into a collaborative research agreement with the to discover and develop compounds that target the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV drug candidates will be developed using Genelabs' lead compounds on an existing target the

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Hep C Treatment: Comparing the Pegylated Interferons
Learn about the facts on pegylated interferon alfa-2a and pegylated interferon alfa-2b, the standard treatment for chronic Hepatitis C. Comparing and contrasting the pegylated interferons may help better explain a physician’s preference or indifference between the two when treating their...

Vertex's Advanced Trial Could Change HCV Treatment
Hundreds of non-responders to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy will be enrolled in a late stage clinical trial for Vertex's telaprevir....

Silymarin Improves Quality of Life During Hepatitis C Treatment
Although a large-scale study concluded long-term interferon therapy to be ineffectual for Hepatitis C management, it demonstrated improvements in quality of life for participants supplementing with silymarin....

High Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance in Cirrhosis

Fig. 1. Examples of actigraphy of (A) a healthy control and (B) a cirrhotic patient with unsatisfactory sleep over three consecutive days. Each day is shown in one panel, with activity data in the upper trace. Based on the analysis of the activity data it is possible to estimate wake (upper horizontal line of the middle trace) and sleep (lower horizontal line of the middle trace) periods during the time spent in bed (horizontal line of the lower trace).

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