Gene variant predicts hepatitis treatment success
Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 12:14
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists say they've found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for white patients than for African-Americans. It's a tiny variation in a gene....
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