About fifty million individuals worldwide are affected by chronic hepatitis C virus. It has been one of the most expensive virus infections to treat, and it is an ongoing threat to global health. Now the virus has revealed a secret to a group of researchers in Denmark lead by Jannick Prentoe, from University of Copenhagen, after five years of intensive work.

Link to article in Nature:

Link to article in Nature:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07783-5

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