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A genetically humanized mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.
Nature - 8 Jun 2011
Dorner Marcus, Horwitz Joshua A, Robbins Justin B, Barry Walter T, Feng Qian, Mu Kathy, Jones Christopher T, Schoggins John W, Catanese Maria Teresa, Burton Dennis R, Law Mansun, Rice Charles M, Ploss Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a major medical problem. Antiviral treatment is only partially effective and a vaccine does not exist. Development of more effective therapies has been hampered by the lack of a suitable small animal model. Although xenotransplantation of immunodeficient mice with...
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