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Clinical Center Honors Its Own Nobel Laureate

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Apr 24, 2024
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Diane Dowling, Dr. Harvey Alter, Dr. James Gilman, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Lawrence Tabak
Left to right: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Diane Dowling, Dr. Harvey Alter, Dr. James Gilman, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Lawrence Tabak

The Clinical Center recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the NIH History Center and Stetten Museum exhibit on Dr. Harvey Alter. The exhibit highlights Alter's discovery of the hepatitis C virus and his work to make our blood supply safe which earned him the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology in Medicine.

For more on the exhibit, read the full CC New article.