First liver transplant patients receive experimental drug to prevent hepatitis C infection

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Following a successful Phase 1 study for safety, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 2 clinical trial testing the ability of a human monoclonal antibody they developed to prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of a donor liver in transplant patients...

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