Volume 23, No 12, Dec 2013

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 23 Issue 12, December 2013: 1343-1344

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Hepatitis C: A mouse at the end of the tunnel

Marco Binder¹ and Ralf Bartenschlager¹

¹Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, INF 345, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Correspondence: Ralf Bartenschlager(Ralf.Bartenschlager@med.uni-heidelberg.de)

Since its discovery in 1989, researchers strive after a small animal model for Hepatitis C virus infection, so far with very limited success. A study recently published in Nature now for the first time reports the recapitulation of the complete life cycle of this virus in inbred mice with a functional adaptive immune system.

10.1038/cr.2013.132

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