Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that is transmitted through the contact of blood of other people who are affected. There are an estimated 1500 people in and around the Plymouth area who have the disease and most do not even know they have it. Once the virus is in the system people are at risk of cirrhosis, liver cancer and possibly an early death. Researchers at the South West Liver Unit at Plymouth Hospitals and Peninsula Medical School are working to save more lives and improve the health of people who suffer from the virus by developing a vaccine for the disease. Treatment for the virus is available, however very expensive but is only effective in about half the people treated.
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/03/04/groundbreaking_research_to_find_vaccine_for_hepatitis_c.html
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