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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Hepatitis C virus hijacks liver microRNAs to survive

Washington: A new study has discovered how hepatitis C virus survives in the liver – helping medical scientists understand why a new antiviral drug appears to be effective against the virus.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, working with colleagues from the University of Colorado, have found for the first time how the hepatitis C virus hijacked a small RNA molecule that regulates gene expression in human liver cells to ensure its own survival.

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