Science & Technology
Harvey Alter’s Nobel Prize honors a half-century quest
Nobel laureate Harvey Alter’s work as an NIH hematologist led to profound improvements in blood transfusion safety and starkly reduced transmission of a potentially deadly virus.
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Rochester’s Nobel laureates
With the announcement of his receipt of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Harvey Alter ’56, ’60M (MD) is now the 13th Nobel laureate with ties to the University.
Science & Technology
Rochester graduate awarded 2020 Nobel Prize for ‘landmark achievement’ against hepatitis
NIH scientist Harvey Alter, who holds BA and MD degrees from Rochester, is the 13th Nobel laureate with ties to the University.