Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton (lahir 1949) ialah seorang saintis dari United Kingdom.
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| Kelahiran | 1949 (umur 74–75) |
| Pusat pendidikan | Universiti AngliaTimur (BSc) King's College London (PhD) |
| Terkenal kerana | Hepatitis C Hepatitis D |
| Anugerah | Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992) Robert Koch Prize (1993) William Beaumont Prize (1994) Lasker Award (2000) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2013 – ditolak sendiri) Nobel Prize for Medicine (2020) |
| Kerjaya saintifik | |
| Bidang | Microbiology Virology |
| Institusi | Universiti Alberta Chiron Corporation |
| Tesis | RNA Polymerases and Transcription in the Chicken Oviduct (1977) |
| Penasihat kedoktoran | James Chesterton |
| Laman web rasmi | Official website |
Beliau terlibat dalam projek besar menemukan virus Hepatitis C bersama Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo dan Daniel W. Bradley pada tahun 1989[1] serta juga genom Hepatitis D pada tahun 1986.[2] Kejayaan beliau dalam penemuan hepatitis C khususnya menemukan meraihnya Hadiah Nobel dalam Fisiologi atau Perubatan pada tahun 2020 bersama Harvey J. Alter dan Charles M. Rice.[3][4]
Rujukan sunting
- ^ Choo QL, Kuo G, Weiner AJ, Overby LR, Bradley DW, Houghton M (April 1989). "Isolation of a cDNA clone derived from a blood-borne non-A, non-B viral hepatitis genome". Science. 244 (4902): 359–62. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.469.3592. doi:10.1126/science.2523562. PMID 2523562.
- ^ Wang, KS; Choo, QL; Weiner, AJ; Ou, JH; Najarian, RC; Thayer, RM; Mullenbach, GT; Denniston, KJ; Gerin, JL; Houghton, M (9 October 1986). "Structure, sequence and expression of the hepatitis delta (delta) viral genome". Nature. 323 (6088): 508–14. doi:10.1038/323508a0. PMID 3762705.
- ^ "Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020". Yayasan Nobel. Dicapai pada 5 Oktober 2020.
- ^ Wu, Katherine J.; Victor, Daniel (5 Oktober 2020). "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". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 6 Oktober 2020.