Cancer drug shows promise as cure for hepatitis B

[mwright]

Australian scientists have found a potential cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, with a promising new treatment proving 100 per cent successful in eliminating the infection in preclinical models. Australian patients are now the first in the world to have access to the potential treatment - a combination of an antiviral drug and an anti-cancer drug - which is in phase 1/2a clinical trials in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. Read more here: bit.ly/1cZFSZP

[adminhepbtrust]

this trial failed and led to bells palsy in much of the cohort