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Tuesday 7 October 2008

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

"for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"



Harald zur Hausen
1/2 of the prize
Germany
German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg, Germany
born on 1936
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"for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"








Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

1/4 of the prize

France

Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur Paris, France

born on 1947

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Luc Montagnier

1/4 of the prize

France
World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention Paris, France

b. 1932

Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation

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