Nobel Prize For Hep C Vaccine

[Peter Pedant]

well it makes a difference innit

Nobel Prize awarded for the production ( hardly invention ) of a vaccine for Hep C - this used to be nonA non B hepatitis
which they thought was pretty mild until people started dying

can give a chronic infection which leads to cirrhosis

One of my frenz did a look-back for this - - like this
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/hepatitis-c-and-transfusion-a-lookback-primer

SHE said the hardest part was raising £250 000 to do it - the rest was plain sailing.

oh a question - do you think the producers /designers of Covid vaccin will get a nobel?

[New Judge]

Only if they go over and above what's expected of them in doing their job.

[ichkeria]

I hear President Trump is to get a “letter of thanks” for his disinfectant jab idea :-)

[Sqad]

I didn't know there was a vaccine for Hep C, but I am old and out of touch.

[Mamyalynne]

//Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Who Discovered Hepatitis C Virus
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice were jointly honored for their decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem.//

[Sqad]

Many...that is who discovered the virus,the question was about the vaccine.

[Mamyalynne]

Apologies, I thought this thread was about 2020 Nobel prize.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/nobel-prize-medicine-hepatitis-c.html

[ichkeria]

To answer the actual question, very likely

[satprof]

PP - You might like to read the Nobel Press Release at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2020/press-release/
There's no mention of a vaccine, but lots being said about the discovery of the HepC virus.

[Peter Pedant]

eek
virus doesnt equal vaccine
er as I should recall

I will check - Beeb said clearly vaccine
and I didnt check if journos knew the er difference
BLUSHES bright red

[Mamyalynne]

We'll let you off.

[Peter Pedant]

Blushes even more
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2020/press-release/

virus ONLY

I am terribly sorry punters
oh well make a mistake - make it a big one

Hep C was characterised twenty or thirty years ago

sozza
triple sozza

[Peter Pedant]

aaaaaargh