MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 — Two U.S. researchers and a British scientist have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for major contributions to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis.

Hepatitis C causes 400,000 deaths worldwide each year, The Washington Post reported.

The three recipients are: Harvey Alter, a clinical scientist at a U.S. National Institutes of Health blood bank; Charles Rice, of Washington University in St. Louis; and British-born virologist Michael Houghton.

The researchers’ work was described by the Nobel Committee as “a landmark achievement in our battle against viral infections,” The Post reported.

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