Science news articles about 'interferon treatment'

... chronic hepatitis B virus infection remains a major health problem worldwide. Interferon treatment is effective in only approximately one-third of the patients and produces considerable side effects. ...

... that only about half of patients with multiple sclerosis achieve and sustain a response to treatment with interferon beta over three years, according to a study posted online today that will appear in ...

... show that only about half of patients with multiple sclerosis achieve and sustain a response to treatment with interferon beta over three years, according to a new study in the Archives of Neurology.

... three-year trial of the drug, alemtuzumab, to compare its effectiveness against the market-leading beta interferon treatment. They recruited 334 patients with MS in their 20s and 30s, all of whom had ...

... the virus to evade the immune system and overcome interferon treatment. The 5'untranslated region (UTR) ... chronic HCV 4a patients receiving interferon/ribavirin therapy who showed dramatic differences ...