New Hepatitis C treatment has cured 90% of patients in 12week trial. - Polidicks

[QUOTE]A new treatment for hepatitis C "cured" 90% of patients with the infection in 12 weeks, scientists said. Two studies were carried out, one in patients for 12 weeks, and another, for 24 weeks. The patients had liver cirrhosis, indicating an advanced form of the virus. After 12 weeks, 191 of 208 [I](91.8%)[/I] patients no longer had hepatitis C, which increased to 165 of 172 [I](95.9%)[/I] patients, or 96%, after 24 weeks. Source: [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26987653[/url][/QUOTE] It's good to hear of successful human trials.

Wow, neat. The decision to put the word "cured" in suspicious double-quotes raises some alarm bells though. [I]"were killed"[/I]

This is exactly why I want to go into medicine as a chemical engineer. Purely for the sake of other people and in the hopes that I can maybe cure something.

[QUOTE=Cabbage;44554540]Wow, neat. The decision to put the word "cured" in suspicious double-quotes raises some alarm bells though. [I]"were killed"[/I][/QUOTE] Yeah.. I always take non-scientific science-related buzzwords as tentative fact.

[quote](95.9%) patients, or 96%[/quote] gee thanks for clearing that up

boy I hope this affects all strains of hep c, I've unfortunately got one of the strains that all the prior treatments and shit were mostly ineffective on :c

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;44554789]boy I hope this affects all strains of hep c, I've unfortunately got one of the strains that all the prior treatments and shit were mostly ineffective on :c[/QUOTE] It's amazing that this has been done. I hope the same.

[QUOTE=Cabbage;44554540]Wow, neat. The decision to put the word "cured" in suspicious double-quotes raises some alarm bells though. [I]"were killed"[/I][/QUOTE] Especially if it's around specific words For example, I'm not a "serial" killer. All joking aside, let's hope this works for all the poor individuals who are affected by this.

I've had vaccines for A and B but I didn't know there wasn't one for C.

[QUOTE=Complifused;44556704]I've had vaccines for A and B but I didn't know there wasn't one for C.[/QUOTE] not a vaccine, a cure. hep c is impossible to develop a vaccine for because it constantly mutates unlike A and B.

I kinda feel like if I don't get Hepatitis C now I'm like...missing out.

and then the next thing you know, the after effects cause a zombie apocalypse.

Complications from an undiagnosed long-term Hep C infection killed my stepfather when he was in his mid-50s. The last two years of his life were spent mostly inside on the couch, too weak to work and increasingly listless and despondent as his liver continued to replace itself with scar tissue and fail to filter the contaminants out of his bloodstream that were clouding his mind. He wasn't so much in chronic pain as going senile in fast-forward from the toxins in his blood interfering with his head. It was heartbreaking to watch, and deeply painful for my half-brother, his son, to watch this hard-working, active, intelligent man slowly collapse and become a vegetable. He and I didn't get along that great during my teenage years, but I'd give my legs to bring him back. His life was cut too short. If this cure's results are repeatable and this becomes a viable treatment within the next 10-15 years, so many people won't have to suffer what my family did. If this treatment is legit, this is pretty big.

My uncle has this. I believe he's on this very treatment right now. From what I hear from my family back in Russia, every dose takes all the energy right out of him. God be with everyone going through this. [editline]15th April 2014[/editline] And god rest those who succumbed.

[QUOTE=KD007;44557687]My uncle has this. I believe he's on this very treatment right now. From what I hear from my family back in Russia, every dose takes all the energy right out of him. God be with everyone going through this.[/QUOTE] yeah, a lot of the attempted cures and trials for these are awful. the treatment I did back in 2010 (which didn't work) is essentially a weaker form of chemotherapy. I heard of another trial that essentially was a 4 day delirious trip with a side effect of potentially curing hep c but I'm not sure if that's a rumour or not :v: I'm almost old enough to start trials but I'm waiting until I finish my course-work for this year in order to not hinder my education with being potentially sick as all fuck like I was with the first one I tried.

[quote]The side affects were fatigue, headaches and nausea.[/quote] Yay! Nothing that awful!

[QUOTE=IGotWorms;44557029]I kinda feel like if I don't get Hepatitis C now I'm like...missing out.[/QUOTE] Suppose they invented a cure for AIDS, would you feel you were missing out if you didn't have it then? In the case of diseases, any disease for that matter, prevention is better than hoping for a cure, but it's nice to hear that a cure was invented for it at least.