Discovery of canine hepatitis C virus opens up new doors for research on deadly human pathogen
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 04:00
in Biology & Nature
In a study to be published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report the discovery of a novel hepatitis C-like virus in dogs. The identification and characterization of this virus gives scientists new insights into how hepatitis C in humans may have evolved and provides scientists renewed hope to develop a model system to study how it causes disease.