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October 6, 2008

Nobel Prize for Medicine, Physiology Announced
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One German, two French scientists win coveted prize for discoveries of
viruses that cause severe human diseases 
French scientists Luc Montagnier (file photo)One German and two French
scientists have won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their
discoveries of viruses that cause severe human diseases. The Nobel
commission in Stockholm, Sweden recognized German researcher Harald zur
Hausen for discovering the virus that causes cervical cancer. Francoise
Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France won the prize for their
discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.Hausen
will get half of the nearly one-and-a-half million-dollar award, while
Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier will share the other half. Five more Nobel
prizes will be announced during the next week, with the peace prize
recipient being revealed Friday.

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