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Americans HJ Alter and Ch. Rice and Briton Houghton have won Nobel Prizes for their contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis C, a global health problem that puts people around the world at risk.
HJ Alter contributed to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus through methodological studies that showed that chronic hepatitis was often caused by an unknown virus.
Mr. Houghton, using a previously untested method, isolated the genome of the new virus, which was named the hepatitis C virus.
Ch. Rice provided evidence that only the hepatitis C virus could have caused this particular hepatitis.
Thus, thanks to the contribution of these researchers, the hepatitis C virus can be stopped. Their research has made it possible to invent new blood tests and drugs that have saved the lives of millions of people.
The Nobel laureates, in addition to international fame, will share 10 million. Swedish crowns (about 950 thousand euros)
The Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry will be announced on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
The winners of the Literature and Peace Prizes will be announced on Thursday and Friday, and the Nobel Prize Week will end on Monday, October 12 with the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Predicting Nobel Prize winners is particularly difficult, as the awarding bodies do not release the names of the nominees until 50 years after the award is presented.
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