China News Service, October 5th. According to the official website of the Nobel Prize, at noon on the 5th local time in Stockholm, Sweden, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced. The winners are Harvey J. Alter and Michele. Michael Houghton (Michael Houghton) and Charles M. Rice (Charles M. Rice) in recognition of their "discovered hepatitis C virus."
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is based on the will of the late Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel.
From 1901 to 2019, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 110 times, and a total of 219 people have won awards.
Chinese female pharmacist Tu Youyou won the award in 2015, becoming the first native Chinese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Science and the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize.