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The 2020 NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.

This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world, said a press release by the Nobel Committee.

Mr. Alter, an American, is a medical researcher for the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.

Mr. Houghton, born in Britain, is the Li Ka Shing professor of virology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also director of the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute at the university.

Mr. Rice, born in Sacramento, is a professor at Rockefeller University in New York. From 2001 to 2018, he was the scientific and executive director at the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C at the university.

The 2020 NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine [timesnownews.com]

[Also Covered By]: Nobel Prize in Medicine - NY TIMES [nytimes.com]

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