Qui-Lim Choo
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Born
AlmamaterQueen Elizabeth College
King's College London (PhD)
King's College London (PhD)
KnownforHepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D
AwardsKarl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992)
William Beaumont Prize (1994)
Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005)
William Beaumont Prize (1994)
Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005)
Qui-Lim Choo | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Queen Elizabeth College King's College London (PhD) |
| Known for | Hepatitis C Hepatitis D |
| Awards | Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992) William Beaumont Prize (1994) Dale A. Smith Memorial Award (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology |
| Institutions | Chiron Corporation |
| Thesis | Neuronal proteins examined by a two-dimensional gel system (1980) |
Qui-Lim Choo (Chinese: 朱桂林) is a Singapore-born scientist, who along with Michael Houghton, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, co-discovered and cloned Hepatitis C in 1989.[1][2] He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986.[3] The discovery of Hepatitis C led to the rapid development of diagnostic reagents to detect Hepatitis C virus in blood supplies which has reduced the risk of acquiring hepatitis C through blood transfusion from one in three to about one in two million.[4][5] It is estimated that antibody testing has prevented at least 40,000 new infections per year in the US alone and many more worldwide.[6]
