The 2020 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of hepatitis C virus: An epic saga of the fight against a troublesome virus
Chronic hepatitis C, which is caused by the hepatitis C virus, represents a substantial health threat to humans and causes approximately 700,000 deaths each year worldwide. However, 30 years after the discovery of this virus in 1989, nearly perfect antiviral drugs that can clear up to 95% of this vi...
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Main Authors: | Chun-Yen Lin, Rong-Nan Chien, I-Shyan Sheen |
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Language: | EN |
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Elsevier
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/2981241caf4442bfb09afea954fef0f0 |
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