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Wonderful cures for hepatitis C are on the horizon, but no disease has been eradicated from the world by a cure alone; to really stamp out a disease, we also need widespread use of a preventive vaccine, such as for polio or smallpox. A vaccine for hepatitis C is being developed by GlaxoSmithKline and researchers at Oxford University, based on the same technology being used to develop an Ebola vaccine. For more information, see
“GSK hepatitis C shot shows promise, bodes well for Ebola vaccines” (Reuters, Nov. 5, 2014): http://www.trust.org/item/20141105185933-59ri5
At the Nov. 6-7, 2014 First International Hepatitis Cure & Eradication Meeting in Toronto, researchers also reported on why a vaccine is needed, and how it might be developed. See slideshow here: http://regist2.virology-education.com/2014/1stHepCure/11_Cox.pdf