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  "id": 19324745,
  "title": "Nobel-winning UK scientist launches programme to develop hepatitis C vaccine in Hong Kong",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/nobel-winning-uk-scientist-launches-programme-to-develop-hepatitis-c-19324745",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-10T11:10:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3373966/nobel-winning-uk-scientist-launches-programme-develop-hepatitis-c-vaccine-hong-kong"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A British Nobel-winning virologist has launched a programme to develop the world’s first hepatitis C vaccine after joining a university in Hong Kong, tapping the city’s research funding, access to Chinese strains of the virus and partnerships with mainland drug-makers. Sir Michael Houghton, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the co-discovery of the hepatitis C virus, said…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}