A new shot against hepatitis C.

• Autores: Christine Gorman
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 310, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 56-57
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses a clinical trial of an RNA drug that targets microRNA-122 (miRNA-122), called miravirsen, by Harry L.A. Janssen and colleagues at Canada's Toronto General Research Institute. Topics include the prevalence of hepatitis C infection and its role in liver cancer and liver-related diseases, the drugs used to treat hepatitis C, such as interferon and ribavirin, and their side effects, and how targeting miRNA-122 in liver cells disables the hepatitis C virus.