Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Three Scientists for Discovering Hepatitis C Virus
The discoveries by the three Nobel laureates allowed the design of sensitive blood tests that have eliminated the risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis in a large part of the world. This breakthrough also enabled the development of antiviral drugs that can cure the disease. Hepatitis C remains a major global health concern, but the opportunity now exists to eliminate the disease.
(Picture: The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine/ Illustrator: Mattias Karlén)
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/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "The discoveries by the three Nobel laureates allowed the design of sensitive blood tests that have eliminated the risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis in a large part of the world. This breakthrough also enabled the development of antiviral drugs that can cure the disease. Hepatitis C remains a major global health concern, but the opportunity now exists to eliminate the disease.")
