Genetic hint for ridding the body of hepatitis C

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 21:56 in Health & Medicine

More than seventy percent of people who contract Hepatitis C will live with the virus that causes it for the rest of their lives and some will develop serious liver disease including cancer. However, 30 to 40 percent of those infected somehow defeat the infection and get rid of the virus with no treatment.

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