{"id":4181,"date":"2020-10-05T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:28:36","slug":"nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-for-the-discovery-of-the-hepatitis-c-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/2020\/10\/05\/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-for-the-discovery-of-the-hepatitis-c-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nobelprizemedicine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet<\/a> has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.<\/p>\n<p>Text from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/medicine\/2020\/press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>This year\u2019s Nobel Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice made seminal discoveries that led to the identification of a novel virus, Hepatitis C virus. Prior to their work, the discovery of the Hepatitis A and B viruses had been critical steps forward, but the majority of blood-borne hepatitis cases remained unexplained. The discovery of Hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Awarded in the midst of a pandemic, this year\u2019s prize carries particular significance. It tells us how important it is to support and finance high quality medical research and \u2013 not least \u2013 virology research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. 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