Every year, about 1.3 million people die as a result of viral hepatitis, with 300 million individuals living with the disease and ignorant of their infection status. Because liver damage in chronic viral hepatitis proceeds without symptoms until it reaches the fatal disease stage, screening and early diagnosis are the only strategies to combat this silent killer. Acute viral hepatitis …
THE three scientists who made seminal contributions to the discovery of a novel virus, the hepatitis C virus, are joint recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. In a statement following the announcement of the award, the Nobel Committee said: “The discovery of Hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis and …
CNN — The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to Harvey J. The Nobel Assembly said in a news release Monday that the three scientists “made seminal discoveries that led to the identification of a novel virus.” It said the trio had “made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that …
