Three scientists have shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of the Hepatitis C virus
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Harvey J. Alter, far left, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology.The Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn't be explained by the hepatitis A and B viruses. Their work made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives, the committee said.
The World Health Organisation estimates there are more than 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year. The disease is chronic and a major cause of liver inflammation and cancer. Often the Nobel Assembly recognises basic science that has laid the foundations for practical applications in common use today.
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