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It is estimated that antibody testing has prevented at least 40,000 new infections per year in the US alone and many more worldwide.","summary_more":["Houghton is currently Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology and Li Ka Shing Professor of Virology at the University of Alberta, where he is also director of the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute. He was the co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Prof Michael Houghton.jpg — Kerry Angelo Piper, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Michael Houghton\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/michael-houghton. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:00:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-houghton","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-houghton","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-houghton?lang=ne"}}