The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded jointly Monday, October 5 to Briton Michael Houghton and the Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice for "the discovery of the hepatitis C virus".
The trio are recognized for their "decisive contribution" to the fight against hepatitis, "a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer [worldwide]," the Nobel jury said at the announcement .
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
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- The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2020
With AFP
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