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Hepatitis C virus gets personal

Many people infected with the hepatitis C virus are not cured despite gruelling therapy. A human genetic variant that predicts successful treatment has been identified. So is personalized therapy now a possibility?

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Figure 1: The gap between genetic information and medical innovation.

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Iadonato, S., Katze, M. Hepatitis C virus gets personal. Nature 461, 357–358 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461357a

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