Ovogodiลกnja Nobelova nagrada za medicinu dodeljena je Harviju Alteru, Majklu Hjutonu i ฤarlsu Rajsu, trojici nauฤnika koji su identifikovali novu vrstu virusa โ hepatitis C.
Njihova otkricฬa su dovela do novog nivoa u borbi protiv virusa koji se prenose krvlju.
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice โfor the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.โ pic.twitter.com/MDHPmbiFmS— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2020
Pre njihovog rada, otkricฬe virusa hepatitisa A i B bilo je presudan korak napred, ali vecฬina sluฤajeva hepatitisa prenosivih kroz krv ostala je neobjaลกnjiva, piลกe na zvaniฤnom sajtu Nobelove nagrade.
For the first time in history, the Hepatitis C virus can now be cured. The 2020 Medicine Laureatesโ discoveries revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/hqJK1uWX3u
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2020
โZahvaljujucฬi njihovom otkricฬu, sada su dostupni visoko osetljivi testovi krvi na virus koji su, zapravo, eliminisali posttransfuzijski hepatitis u mnogim delovima sveta, u velikoj meri poboljลกavajucฬi globalno zdravlje.
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