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Jul 21, 2023 · German virologist Harald zur Hausen proved that human papillomaviruses (HPVs) can cause cervical cancer. He laid the foundations for the development of a vaccine that now benefits...
Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁalt tsuːɐ̯ ˈhaʊzn̩] ⓘ; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023) was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008.
Jun 9, 2023 · June 9, 2023. Dr. Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 for his discovery that the seemingly benign human papillomavirus, known for causing...
Mar 4, 2024 · By molecular cloning the genomes for HPV16 and HPV18 in the mid-1980s, he and his team showed that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was responsible for the vast majority of cervical cancers, which is one of the most common cancers worldwide. zur Hausen and his team also used cervical cancer cell lines to demonstrate the viral E6 and E7 ...
HPV was subsequently shown to cause anal, penile, vulvar, vaginal, and oropharyngeal cancers as well. Dr. zur Hausen’s discoveries paved the path to the creation of HPV vaccines now in common use. He received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for “his discovery of human papillomaviruses causing cervical cancer.”
May 31, 2023 · 7 min. Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist awarded a Nobel Prize for groundbreaking work that found links between a common wart-causing virus and cervical cancer, leading to a vaccine that...
Jun 20, 2023 · Zur Hausen and his team at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg, where he was scientific director for 20 years, showed that human cervical cancer is caused by certain papillomaviruses, genes from which are incorporated into the host cells’ DNA.
