Nobel assembly - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Nobel assembly at Lokmat Times

Stockholm, Oct 5 The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2020 was on Monday awarded jointly to Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M. Rice and British scientist Michael Houghton for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.Alter, Houghton and Rice made seminal discoveries that led to the identification of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet said.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 the 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.Thanks to their discovery, highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available and these have essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in many parts of the world, greatly improving global health.Their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at Hepatitis C.For the first time in history, the disease can now be cured, raising hopes of eradicating the Hepatitis C virus from the world population.The WHO estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis globally leading to 400,000 deaths every year.Alter is associated with the US National Institutes of Health, Rice with Rockefeller University, while Houghton, who was born in Britain is associated with the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Heatwave In India

Mumbai Water Cut

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election

IPL 2024

Salman Khan

Nobel AssemblyFOLLOW

Nobel assembly, Latest News

International :Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A Doudna for developing a method for genome editing

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020 was jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." ...

International :Three scientists share Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was jointly awarded to three scientists for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole. ...

Health :3 win Nobel Prize in medicine for Hepatitis C virus discovery

Stockholm, Oct 5 The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2020 was on Monday awarded jointly to Americans ... ...