Noble Prizes in Medicine (2020)

It was awarded to Harvey Alter, Charles Rice, and Michael Houghton for discovering the Hepatitis C virus (HCV).

About the Discovery

  • Clue of the existence of the HCV: In the 1970s, Dr. Harvey Alter led a team of scientists in discovering that most cases of post-transfusion hepatitis couldn’t be linked to Type A or B viruses. This discovery provided a hint to the existence of a pathogen that had not yet been described.
  • Identification and Naming of the HCV: In the 1980s, Dr. Houghton and his colleagues became the first to identify and formally name the hepatitis C virus as ....
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