Tag Archives: Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C led to an estimated 400,000 deaths in 2016. (Shutterstock) John Bergeron, McGill University This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to virologists Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and biochemist Michael Houghton for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. This recognition is yet a further testimonial of the need for discovery research …

The hepatitis C virus was discovered in 1989 – research that’s now earned a Nobel Prize. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Anna Suk-Fong Lok, University of Michigan When I began my medical career in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I chose to focus on hepatitis B, in part because it was very common and because the hepatitis C …