Overall, the main benefit of this new class of hepatitis C treatments is the improvement in sustained viral load or SVR, according to the docs surveyed.

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Ask any engineering executive at any car company: In order to meet new and ambitious fuel-economy standards in the global markets including a U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard of 54.5 mpg by 2025 cars and trucks of the near future will have to exploit the advantages of electric drive (low rpm torque, low-speed efficiency, regenerative braking) in urban driving, while reserving the gasoline-fired engine for times of peak load and sustained demand.

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Viral loads of the patients remained stable or decreased during the nine month trial - and one subject showed a sustained dramatic decrease in viral load.

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