Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and ...
Around 300,000 people die from hepatitis C every year. A new study has mapped the protein complex that enables the virus to infect our cells, potentially paving the way for an effective vaccine.
In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Spain developed a method to design vaccines for highly variable viruses like the hepatitis C virus (HCV) using combinatorial optimization.