Thisyear’sNobelPrizeisawardedtothreescientistswhohavemadeadecisivecontributiontothefightagainstblood-bornehepatitis,amajorglobalhealthproblemthatcausescirrhosisandlivercancerinpeoplearoundtheworld.
今年的诺贝尔奖授予了三位科学家,他们在与血源性肝炎的斗争中做出了决定性的贡献。血源性肝炎是导致世界各地肝硬化和肝癌的主要全球性健康问题。
HarveyJ.Alter,MichaelHoughtonandCharlesM.Ricemadeseminaldiscoveriesthatledtotheidentificationofanovelvirus,HepatitisCvirus.Priortotheirwork,thediscoveryoftheHepatitisAandBviruseshadbeencriticalstepsforward,butthemajorityofblood-bornehepatitiscasesremainedunexplained.ThediscoveryofHepatitisCvirusrevealedthecauseoftheremainingcasesofchronichepatitisandmadepossiblebloodtestsandnewmedicinesthathavesavedmillionsoflives.
HarveyJ.Alter,MichaelHoughton和CharlesM.Rice做出了开创性发现,从而鉴定出一种新型病*,即丙型肝炎病*。在开展工作之前,发现甲型和乙型肝炎病*是向前迈出的关键步骤,但大多数血源性肝炎病例仍无法解释。丙型肝炎病*的发现揭示了其他慢性肝炎病例的病因,并使血液检测和新药的开发成为可能,挽救了数百万人的生命。
肝炎–人类健康的全球性威胁Liverinflammation,orhepatitis,a