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Good news for some hard-to-treat hepatitis C patients

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by admin.

SLU researcher tests new treatment for virus
ST. LOUIS – In a multi-center trial led by a Saint Louis University researcher, investigators found that a new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon and ribavirin helps some hepatitis C patients who have not responded to previous treatment. The findings, published in the June issue of Hepatology, offer [...]

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Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

Blocking errant protein could stem runaway brain activity in psychosis
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key such potassium channel was found to be 2.5 fold higher than normal in [...]

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