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New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B

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Around 260 million people, more than three percent of the global population, are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV); in the long term, this often leads to complications such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. A cure is not yet possible with the available medication. Scientists have now investigated a new combination therapy that has proven highly effective in their infection model.

Source: ScienceDaily.com