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Three Europeans Win the 2008 Nobel for Medicine
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Three European scientists who discovered viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS share this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine.
A German virologist, Harald zur Hausen, will receive half the award for his discovery of H.P.V., the human papilloma virus, according to the announcement made on Monday by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, which selects the medical winners of the prize. The discovery led to development of a vaccine against cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women.
The Institute said the other half of the award will be shared equally by two French virologists, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, for discovering H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The virus has caused one of the most devastating epidemics in history.
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