Direct-acting antivirals turned hepatitis C from a lifelong liver disease into a curable infection. They block the specific viral proteins the virus needs to copy itself, and a course of 8 to 12 weeks of tablets clears the virus in over 95% of people — with few side effects, and no interferon injections. It is one of the great therapeutic successes of the last two decades.
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