“The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to the scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus. The three researchers – Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice – were together recognised for their work in the late 1980s. The medicine prize is the first of those given out during the week, and has taken on particular significance amid the global coronavirus outbreak. The Nobel committee appeared to gesture towards that context when they praised the scientists for their work on a ‘landmark achievement in the ongoing battle against viral diseases’. The three researchers’ discoveries helped save millions of lives after they led to breakthroughs that allowed it to be cured” – The Independent.