George Kuo

George Ching-Hung Kuo is a scientist, who along with Michael Houghton, Qui-Lim Choo and Daniel W. Bradley, co-discovered and cloned Hepatitis C in 1989.[1][2] The discovery of Hepatitis C led to the rapid development of diagnostic reagents to detect HCV in blood supplies which has reduced the risk of acquiring HCV through blood transfusion from one in three to about one in two million.[3][4] It is estimated that antibody testing has prevented at least 40,000 new infections per year in the US alone and many more worldwide.[5]

George Kuo
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (PhD)
Known forHepatitis C
AwardsKarl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992)
William Beaumont Prize (1994)
Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsVirology
InstitutionsChiron Corporation

He graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1961 and completed his PhD in molecular biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1972.[6]

He was awarded the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992) and Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005) of the American Association of Blood Banks, and the William Beaumont Prize of the American Gastroenterological Association in 1994.[7][8]

References
  1. Choo QL, Kuo G, Weiner AJ, Overby LR, Bradley DW, Houghton M (April 1989). "Isolation of a cDNA clone derived from a blood-borne non-A, non-B viral hepatitis genome". Science. 244 (4902): 359–62. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.469.3592. doi:10.1126/science.2523562. PMID 2523562.
  2. "Out of the Shadows - Proto Magazine - Massachusetts General Hospital". protomag.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  3. "Opinion: Nobel-worthy discovery right in our backyard". Canadian for Health Research. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "Science world abuzz as virologist turns down Gairdner award". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. Thompson, Gilbert (2014). Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize. p. 209. ISBN 9781783263868.
  6. Boyer, J.L; Blum, H.E; Maier, K.P; Sauerbruch, T.; Stalder, G.A (2001-03-31). Liver Cirrhosis and Its Development - Google Books. ISBN 9780792387602. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  7. "List of Past AABB Award Recipients". AABB. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. "William Beaumont Prize". American Gastroenterological Association. Retrieved 4 October 2016.


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