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In Review

Alumnus LaureateA ‘Good Doctor’ Receives the Nobel PrizeNIH researcher Harvey Alter ’56, ’60M (MD) is recognized by Nobel committee for his work to improve blood transfusion safety and reduce the transmission of a potentially deadly virus.

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PRIZED ACCOMPLISHMENT: Alter says that helping usher in an era when patients and clinicians no longer have to worry about getting hepatitis from a blood transfusion “is something I never could have imagined in my lifetime.” “I can’t call that my accomplishment, but it was amazing to be a part of that and to lay the groundwork for the discovery of hepatitis C and ultimately the treatments.” (Photograph: NIH) More . . .

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