More than 3,000,000 people in the U.S. have chronic hepatitis C virus infection; it usually is transmitted by blood and settles in the liver, which mounts a chronic immune response in an attempt to clear it.

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More than 3,000,000 people in the U.S. have chronic hepatitis C Virus infection; it usually is transmitted by blood and settles in the liver, which mounts a chronic immune response in an attempt to dear it. Treatment to eradicate the virus often fails, leaving patients with few options other than a liver transplant However, the drug telaprevir...