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Nobel prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists who discovered hepatitis C virus

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Nobel prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists who discovered hepatitis C virus

The Nobel prize in medicine for 2020 has been awarded to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Announcing the prize in Stockholm on Monday, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio’s work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn’t be explained … Read more

Hepatitis C discovery wins the Nobel Prize

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Hepatitis C discovery wins the Nobel Prize

Image copyright Getty Images Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The winners are British scientist Michael Houghton and US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice. The Nobel Prize committee said their discoveries ultimately “saved millions of lives”. The virus is a common cause … Read more