China News Service, October 5th. On the morning of the 5th, Swedish time, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was officially announced.
In an interview with the Nordic Times, Maria Masucci, an expert on the Nobel Committee and a professor at Karolinska Institutet, said that the new coronavirus itself is part of nature.
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three scientists: Harvey Alt, Michael Horton and Charles Rice. The reason for the award was "the pioneering discovery of hepatitis C virus."
Three scientists have made decisive contributions to the fight against hepatitis of blood, which is a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people all over the world.
The groundbreaking discoveries of Harvey Alt, Michael Horton and Charles Rice led to the identification of a new virus, hepatitis C virus.
Prior to their work, the discovery of hepatitis A and hepatitis B viruses was an important development, but most cases of blood-borne hepatitis are still unexplainable.
The discovery of the hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis, and made blood tests and new drugs possible, thus saving millions of lives.
According to reports, this year's Nobel Prize winners will share 10 million Swedish krona (about 7.6 million yuan).
Due to the new crown epidemic, this year's Nobel dinner was cancelled, but when the epidemic ends next year, these winners will be invited to Sweden to have a feast with the 2021 winners.
Talking about the origin of the new crown virus, Professor Maria Masucci, an expert from the Nobel Committee and Karolinska Institutet, stated bluntly in an interview with the Nordic Times that the virus itself is part of nature.
She believes that viruses have the ability to transfer between species. When it transfers from one species to another, it may cause serious diseases. This is the situation we are facing right now.
In fact, there is currently no exact reason for the origin of the virus, but similar public health events run through human history.
She told a reporter from the Nordic Times, “We must be alert to the virus being around. What we can do includes paying attention to social distancing, wearing masks, early detection and treatment of infected patients, and then there may be vaccines and other better ways to prevent them completely. And cure. I think all countries in the world are trying their best to find a way, and China has been very successful in isolation." (End)