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  1. British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

  2. Jun 2, 2020 · Dr. Michael Houghton was the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology from 2010-2018 and is the Li Ka Shing Professor of Virology at the University of Alberta where he is also the Director of the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute.

  3. Oct 5, 2020 · Michael Houghton was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today in recognition of his discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus. His discovery with colleagues Qui-Lim Choo and George Kuo in 1989 opened a new field of viral hepatitis research that led to improved blood safety, and hepatitis C treatment to the point where the ...

  4. Dec 9, 2021 · No fewer than seven sky rises later, Houghton, along with colleagues Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo and Dan Bradley, would finally crack the Hepatitis C virus riddle in 1989, a discovery that would ultimately save millions of lives and pave the way to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

  5. 2010–2018 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology and Li Ka Shing Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada. 2013 – present Director of the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

  6. Dec 1, 2020 · Michael Houghton dedicated his life to studying the Hepatitis C virus. Since discovering the virus in 1989, various tests have emerged to detect the virus in blood samples.

  7. Michael Houghton. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020. Born: 1949, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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