Three sci­en­tists win No­bel Prize in Med­i­cine for work in dis­cov­er­ing he­pati­tis C virus

Mon­day marks the start of No­bel Prize week, and the Swedish com­mit­tee kicked things off by hand­ing out the first award to three vi­rol­o­gists.

Har­vey Al­ter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice have joint­ly won the No­bel Prize in Phys­i­ol­o­gy or Med­i­cine for their work on the dis­cov­ery of the he­pati­tis C virus. Their re­search pro­vid­ed the foun­da­tion for test­ing and an­tivi­rals that can help those in­fect­ed re­ceive treat­ment, as well as a po­ten­tial vac­cine for the liv­er dis­ease.

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