title: Pioneering a Global Cure for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
abstract: This year's Lasker∼Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors Ralf Bartenschlager, Charles Rice, and Michael Sofia, pioneers in the development of curative and safe therapies for the 170 million people with hepatitis C virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Genetics and Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vilarinho
authors.affiliation: Departments of Genetics and Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: richard.lifton@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lifton
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D018450:Disease Progression; D055808:Drug Discovery; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000821:virology; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents