Specialty Pharma Journal Specialty, Precision & Technology
Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (October 22, 2015) — A 20-month-old girl suffering from a rare neurodegenerative disease was diagnosed by exome sequencing and successfully treated. The case, which exemplifies the potential of precision medicine, involved scientists at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Duke University, and is described in …
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Interferon-Free Hepatitis C Regimen Shows Promise in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Researchers found that a new interferon-free combination therapy cleared the hepatitis C virus in 93 percent of patients with liver cirrhosis who had not been previously treated. The experimental drug combination includes three drugs in the pipeline – daclatasvir, asunaprevir, and beclabuvir (DCV-TRIO). According to researchers at Duke Medicine, a …