For their work in discovering the hepatitis C virus, (from left) virologists Drs Rice, Alter and Houghton win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year. — AFP
A trio of researchers – American virologists Dr Harvey Alter and Dr Charles Rice, and British virologist Dr Michael Houghton – were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct 5 (2020) for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
Their work allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs and blood tests.
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