On World Hepatitis Day, we celebrate Drs. Michael Houghton and D. Lorne Tyrrell

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day

28 July 2022

On World Hepatitis Day, we celebrate:

Nobel Laureate Sir Michael Houghton for discovering the hepatitis C virus and his continuing work on developing a vaccine. He shares the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dr. Harvey Alter and Dr. Charlie Rice.

Dr. Michael Houghton holding the Nobel Prize in his backyard.

 

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Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell who received the 2022 Blumberg Prize from the Hepatitis B Foundation for his pioneering work on the basic science and clinical development of new therapeutics for chronic hepatitis B.

Portrait of Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell