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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for discovering Hepatitis C virus – TASS
The discovery of the Hepatitis C virus is a milestone in the fight against viral diseases

STOCKHOLM, October 5. /TASS/. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice and UK scientist Michael Houghton, the Nobel Assembly at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute announced on Monday.
The prize was awarded for discovering the Hepatitis C virus, the committee’s decision said.
“This year’s Nobel Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global …
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