Science Alert: Correction: Michael Houghton was one of the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. An earlier alert misspelled his name.

The prize went to Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and Briton Michael Houghton, whose discoveries led to the identification of a novel virus, hepatitis C, that leads to a silent but chronic disease that causes 400,000 deaths annually and is one of the main causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for alerts Science Alert Oct. 5, 7:03 a.m. EDT Correction: Michael Houghton was one of the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. An earlier alert misspelled his name. The prize went to Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and Briton Michael Houghton, whose discoveries led to the identification of a novel virus, hepatitis C, that leads to a silent but chronic disease that causes 400,000 deaths annually and is one of the main causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Read more   Advertisement

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