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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

"for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"
"for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"
Harald zur Hausen Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Luc Montagnier
Photo: U. Montan Photo: U. Montan Photo: U. Montan
Harald zur Hausen Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Luc Montagnier
half 1/2 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize
Germany France France
German Cancer Research Centre
Heidelberg, Germany		 Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur
Paris, France		 World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention
Paris, France
b. 1936 b. 1947 b. 1932
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