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2020-10-05 Science & Technology

2020 Nobel medicine prize awarded to US-British trio for Hepatitis C discovery

[France24] Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and Briton Michael Houghton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel Committee announced Monday.

The three were honoured for their "decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world," the jury said.

"The discovery of Hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives", it added.

Thanks to their discovery, highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available and these have "essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in many parts of the world, greatly improving global health", the Nobel Committee said.

Their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at Hepatitis C.

"For the first time in history, the disease can now be cured, raising hopes of eradicating Hepatitis C virus from the world population," the jury said.

"Prior to their work, the discovery of the Hepatitis A and B viruses had been critical steps forward," the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said in a statement.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-05 09:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 President Trump said he learned a lot about the corona virus while at Walter Reed. Make it four nominations for a Nobel prize and nominate him. I want to see some Dem/lefty heads explode.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-10-05 12:04|| 2020-10-05 12:04|| Front Page Top

#2 What!
This wasn't about climate change?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-05 23:43|| 2020-10-05 23:43|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if al-Gore will return his Nobel Prize in protest.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-05 23:45|| 2020-10-05 23:45|| Front Page Top

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