Novel antibody prevents infection by hepatitis C virus
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Taking aim at a leading cause of liver failure in the United States, a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has developed a human monoclonal antibody that neutralises the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The new antibody effectively neutralised the virus in culture, and then prevented infection by the virus in a pre-clinical animal model of the disease...
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