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Jun 11, 2024 · Harald zur Hausen and Lutz Gissmann for work on the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in cervical cancer. Zur Hausen and others were honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008.
Jun 6, 2024 · With another six years at the University of Freiburg, zur Hausen became the president and scientific member of the managing-commitee of the Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Centre) in Heidelberg and in this position assumed the leadership for 20 years.
4 days ago · Luc Montagnier (US: / ˌ m ɒ n t ən ˈ j eɪ, ˌ m oʊ n t ɑː n ˈ j eɪ / MON-tən-YAY, MOHN-tahn-YAY, French: [lyk mɔ̃taɲje]; 18 August 1932 – 8 February 2022) was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the ...
Jun 14, 2024 · 1976: Harald zur Hausen and Gisam found HPV DNA in cervical cancer and genital warts; Hausen later won the Nobel Prize for his work. 1988: Bethesda System for reporting Pap results was developed. 2006: First HPV vaccine was approved by the FDA. 2015: HPV Vaccine shown to protect against infection at multiple body sites.
Jun 18, 2024 · Luc Montagnier, French research scientist who received, with Harald zur Hausen and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Montagnier and Barre-Sinoussi shared half the prize for their work in identifying the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS.
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Jun 11, 2024 · Pat and Yuan deliver talks in Heidelberg. Academic Memorial Symposium for Harald zur Hausen - German Cancer Research Center/DKFZ - Heidelberg, Germany
Jun 4, 2024 · By the 1970s, many thought that herpes simplex (HSV-2) was the causative agent of cervical cancer but, although controversial at the time, Harald zur Hausen 3 proposed that the infectious agent was in fact Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In 2008, Professor zur Hausen was awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery and HPV has now been shown to be ...
