Nobel Lauds Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus

Cancer Discov. 2020 Dec;10(12):1782. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-094. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Abstract

Three researchers who identified the hepatitis C virus won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Harvey Alter uncovered the first hints of the virus; Michael Houghton identified the virus; and Charles Rice confirmed that it caused hepatitis C.

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