Dr. Charles Rice - The Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus

Dr. Rice is a virologist who is known for the development of effective treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV). His work to generate a version of HCV that enabled the development of antiviral drugs capable of reducing HCV to undetectable levels, essentially curing chronic infection. For this breakthrough, Rice was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.Rice attended UC Davis for college and earned his graduate degree at Cal Tech, where he focused his research on RNA viruses. He de...