Researchers Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus, the committe announced on Monday. Prior to their work, the committee said, the discovery of the Hepatitis A and B viruses had been critical […]
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David Keyton, Frank JOrdans, Associated Press Published 6:12 a.m. ET Oct. 5, 2020 | Updated 12:09 p.m. ET Oct. 5, 2020 CLOSE Thomas Perlmann, far right, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly announces the 2020 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, […]
Stockholm — Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. The head of the Nobel Committee, Thomas Perlmann, announced the winners in Stockholm. The World Health Organization estimates […]
COVID-19 has emphasized an urgent need to modernize how we manufacture medicines. Americans would benefit most from improving how we produce medicines, making them cheaper, more effective and more accessible. This wouldn’t be the first time a pandemic threat inspired innovation. The threat of the H5N1 pandemic spurred modernization of […]