Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

In 2019, the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discovery of the mechanism of sensitivity and adaptation of cells to the level oxygen. This discovery will help create new ways to fight cancer and other diseases.