Chris Smith

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The Naked Scientists Podcast · Malaria drug breakthrough, and space radiation vests · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

And so obviously it it's great news that we now have ways to treat it.

The treatments that we've got, do they work for everybody?

Does this mean then that we're really within reach of of being able to eradicate this?

With that level of intervention, that quality of intervention, we could potentially kick Hep C into touch.

Because I gather the UK is something of a flagship example here.

We're ahead of the curve in the initiative of trying to get rid of it from our population.

How are we finding cases?

Uh I mean, as in when you're a hepatologist, you will see people and manage the treatment, but they've got to be found in the first place and referred to you.

So what sorts of initiatives are out there to go and find people in the population? 'Cause this is very much a silent infection, isn't it?

People often don't know they've got this, which means it's much harder to then track 'em down in the first place and help them.

And lastly, if we do nail this one, what sort of a difference to your practice is this gonna make?

As in at the moment, how much of a headache for a hepatologist is hepatitis C and therefore how much is getting rid of it gonna save the health service?

Phenomenal success, isn't it?

Hepatologist Will Gelson there from Adam's Hospital in Cambridge on the successful fight to help eliminate Hep C.

And as Will points out, if you are in the UK, you can obtain a home test kit to test your Hep C status.

Details are at hepse.nhs.uk if you want to check it out.

This is the Naked Scientist Podcast with me, Chris Smith.

Now we're halfway through today's programme, so I wanted to mention our other QA show, which is called Ask the Naked Scientists.

And if you want to hear it, find out more, or even contribute to it, then you can do that by heading over to naked scientist.com forward slash ask, or look up Ask the Naked Scientists wherever you get your podcast.

No question is a stupid question, and it's always great fun.

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