George Kuo

George Kuo
Fields Virology
Institutions Chiron Corporation
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (PhD)
Known for Hepatitis C
Notable awards Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992)
William Beaumont Prize (1994)
Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005)

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]

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. doi:10.1126/science.2523562. PMID 2523562.
  2. ↑ "Out of the Shadows - Proto Magazine - Massachusetts General Hospital". protomag.com. 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.
  6. ↑ Liver Cirrhosis and Its Development - Google Books. books.google.co.uk. 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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