New Study Finds Hepatitis C Capable of Hurting Brain Cells

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New Study Finds Hepatitis C Capable of Hurting Brain Cells

Helping to bring a new level of understanding to the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a University of Alberta study found that this infection can affect neural cells. Besides helping explain some common Hepatitis C symptoms, these findings could pave the way for a new frontier in HCV treatment.

Hepatitis C damages brain cells

October 20, 2010

by , News Staff

University of Alberta virologists have recently confirmed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV), commonly known as a disease that affects the liver, also adversely affects certain cells in the brain.

Working with a team of virologists, Dr. Power and Dr. Pornpun Vivithanaporn exposed an hepatitis C protein to glial cells, the structural cells of the brain, and discovered that it is possible to infect them. The infected cells also release toxic factors that can potentially damage neurons.

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