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  • For the lucky ones who manage to detect the virus early on, before it damages the liver, the HCV treatment - a drug called Interferon - costs a prohibitively expensive LE 40,000 for a 24-week treatment.

    unknown title 2009

  • Your body is making special substances to kill the virus - one of them is called Interferon - but it can only be synthesized while the temperature over

    All Women Stalk 2009

  • There are also certain chemicals now, chemotherapies that boost the immunities, such as Interferon, and could help fight the disease, again, if it had spread.

    CNN Transcript - Breaking News: John McCain Diagnosed With Skin Cancer on His Arm and Temple - August 16, 2000 2000

  • The first two treatments to be approved in the United States are Interferon alpha and Lamivudine.

    Hepatitis B 2010

  • Marian McDowell was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis nine years ago – it is a mild form of the disease, her son says, but it requires her to inject herself every Monday with Interferon, a drug that alleviates the symptoms of the disease.

    Graeme McDowell: 'I don't want to win one major and then disappear' 2011

  • Macrophages elaborate proinflammatory cytokines like Interferon g, TNFa and IL-2 in a “destroy the village in order to save it” fashion in an attempt to kill the virus.

    Creeping Crud grrm 2010

  • Interferon, for instance, was hailed as a cancer cure two decades ago, though in due course it proved disappointing.

    Modifying Mother Nature to Kill Nasty Viruses Matt Ridley 2011

  • Today they've taken the opiates away, inexplicably in favor of time-released Interferon with no magical properties, better for the injured spleen while squeaky-toed nurses come and go in loose white shifts, with pursed lips and a practiced judgment behind professional eyes, they've come to watch

    Abduction Dennis Mahagin 2011

  • The resulting work is dotted with names of medications from Mr. Lansing's treatment regimen, such as Interferon and Codeine.

    The Changing Face of Portraits Ellen Gamerman 2011

  • Interferon is a chemical that we all have in our bodies in very small amounts.

    Love Brought Me Back Natalie cole 2010

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