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Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Hepatitis C discovery [View all]
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54418463Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Hepatitis C discovery
By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent
05 October 2020
Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.
The winners are British scientist Michael Houghton and US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice.
The Nobel Prize committee said their discoveries ultimately "saved millions of lives".
The virus is a common cause of liver cancer and a major reason why people need a liver transplant.
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