Michael Houghton, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology and Li Ka Shing Professor of Virology at the University of Alberta, tells the story of how he led the discovery of the hepatitis C virus in 1989, and how his subsequent research at the U of A could lead to a vaccine that will save lives around the world.
Learn more about Houghton's work here http://www.mmi.med.ualberta.ca/staff_...