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Hepatitis C: A mouse at the end of the tunnel
Binder M, Bartenschlager R. Cell Res. 2013 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/cr.2013.132. [Epub ahead of print]
Source
Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, INF 345, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract
Since its discovery in 1989, researchers strive after a small animal model for Hepatitis C virus infection, so far with very limited success. A study recently published in Nature now for the first time reports the recapitulation of the complete life cycle of this virus in inbred mice with a functional adaptive immune system.