On Monday, Thomas Perlmann the head of Nobel Community announced a trio of Scientists, two Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M Rice alongside British scientist Michael Houghton as Nobel Prize winners in the field of medicine for the discovery of Hepatitis C.
According to a report by World Health Organisation (WHO), there are over 70 million cases of Hepatitis every year and 400,000 deaths worldwide each year. A major cause for Liver Inflammation and Cancer is Hepatitis.
This major honour not only comes with a gold medal and a trophy but also a prize sum of around 10 Million Swedish Kronor which is around $1,118,000.
BREAKING NEWS:
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2020
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.” pic.twitter.com/MDHPmbiFmS
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