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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 goes to …
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Harald zur Hausen, currently at the German Cancer Research Center, for his discovery of human papilloma viruses (HPV) causing cervical cancer.
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