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Ganadores del Premio Nobel de Medicina 2020

By Jordi Bou

October 5, 2020 - Los estadounidenses Harvey Alter y Charles Rice, y el científico británico Michael Houghton han sido galardonados con el Premio Nobel de Medicina o Fisiología por el descubrimiento del virus de la hepatitis C, fuente importante de enfermedad hepática que afecta a millones de personas en todo el mundo.

Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn't be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses. Their work, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, has helped saved millions of lives, the committee said.

The World Health Organization estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year. The disease is chronic and a major cause of liver inflammation and cancer.

The medicine prize carried particular significance this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has highlighted the importance that medical research has for societies and economies around the world.

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PUBLISHED: 05/10/2020; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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