Article: African-Americans Respond Poorly to Hepatitis C Treatment.

Article: Interferon Response Rate Lower In ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  August 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... treatment response, five were African-American and 14 were Caucasian ... other than HCV genotype 1 ("African Americans with genotype 1 treated ... 4):264-269). "A lower response rate in African-Americans with genotype 1 in ...

Article: Interferon Response Rate Lower In ...
Virus Weekly;  August 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... treatment response, five were African-American and 14 were Caucasian ... other than HCV genotype 1 ("African Americans with genotype 1 treated ... 4):264-269). "A lower response rate in African-Americans with genotype 1 in ...

Article: Sustained Virological Response Rate to Pegylated ...
Journal of the National Medical Association;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... C virus (HCV) has been lower among African Americans compared to Caucasians, a finding ... proportion of genotype-1 infections in African Americans. To determine whether such ... for treatment, 73 received therapy [24 African Americans (genotype 1 in 88%); 49 ...

Article: RESPONSE RATE 65% FOR CENSUS RETURN OF MAIL-IN ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... nationwide mail-in response rate of 65 percent, halting ... Chicago's 52 percent response rate trailed all big cities ... percent among Latinos, African- Americans and Asians ... percent in 1990. The response rate for the short form was ...

Article: Int'l gold winners.(high response rate ...
Advertising Age;  October 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... up device and brought a 100% response rate with spending of less than $100 ... up placing 3,898 orders. S. African Institute of Chartered Accountants ... personalized bottles of wine. A 35% response rate garnered 40 orders.

Article: Newly Published Study Investigates Pegasys(R) (peginterferon ...
PR Newswire;  May 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... infected with HCV genotype 1. To date, this is the highest response rate to treatment observed in a black population." In black patients ... safety of peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) and ribavirin for African Americans infected with genotype 1, the most common variant ...

Article: SuperGen's Decitabine Achieved 100 Percent Response ...
PR Newswire;  November 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... basin, and India. In the United States, it affects primarily African Americans, more than 50,000 of whom have the disease, according ... to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. One in 12 African-Americans carries the sickle cell trait and most sickle cell ...