Ability to Study Hepatitis C Aided by New Model
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The Editors at Hepatitis Central
January 27, 2010
By strategically interspersing liver cells and other specialized cells on growth plates, researchers have figured out how to grow Hepatitis C outside of the body – a critical tool to develop and test new Hepatitis C treatments.
Engineering a new way to study hepatitis C
January 25, 2010
Advance that could allow scientists to develop and test new treatments for the disease
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Researchers at MIT and Rockefeller University have successfully grown hepatitis C virus in otherwise healthy liver cells in the laboratory, an advance that could allow scientists to develop and test new treatments for the disease.
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Contact: Jennifer Hirsch
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
