Congratulations to the trio for discovery of Hepatitis C, a virus
that results in liver cirrhosis and cancer. It’s a disease that has impacted millions world wide and till date blood test and diagnosis was only possible because of their work 31 years back in the journal science. Equally important is the discovery of antivirals by chemists who made it possible to treat all the genotypes of this virus,that makes a person HCV free. An elegant combination of academic and industry that impacts patients lives in general.
Here is the paper for which they received the Nobel Prize.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2523562/
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@saliansmita feeling good to know about this.
@saliansmita thanks for sharing this useful information.
@saliansmita I am quite amazed to know about it as I run a molecular biology research lab in India. Good to connect with you.
@saliansmita this is quite interesting.🙂