What need to be done in medicine sience to kill hepatitis C?

Question

Is it short of researchers?

HCV picture http://www.slimfilms.com/graphics/13_hepatitis.jpg

Answer 1

Much of the research grant money is being pushed toward HIV erradication. There are companies working on it though. In fact there are several new medicines in Stage 1 and 2 testing.

The recent drug recalls have slowed the testing process. The drugs can't go to market without passing Stage 3 human testing.

The RNAi technology has some major promise, not only in solving HCV, but others like HIV, HPV, etc...

Answer 2

Avoid alcohol, excessive tylenol or any other drugs which are toxic to the liver, eliminate anything which presents a challenge to the liver, like transfats (0 g/serving does not mean no transfats, since they define the serving size to be small and round out numbers below 0.5 gram as zero).

Also, get a hepatitis A vaccine shot.

Clean living. Those estimates doctors give on how long you have to live are highly inaccurate since alot depends on what is going on with the individual.

See the Merck Manual (look at both accute and chronic ):

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch027/ch027b.html#CEGJDDGF