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Two chimpanzees given a higher dose of the drug had a 350 percent drop in levels of the virus in their blood and liver.

What the heck does that mean - did the chimps start producing anti-HCV? (Gotta love the lay press)

BTW - Chimps are generally pretty poor models for HCV. Best that might exist, but still pretty poor. E.g. they clear virus at a much higher rate than humans in acute infection, the chimps that end up with chronic infection typically seem to have a substantially lower viral load, they don't respond to interferon at all, ... .