Nobel 2008 viral

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

Photo: U. Montan Harald zur Hausen Prize share: 1/2	Photo: U. Montan Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Prize share: 1/4	Photo: U. Montan Luc Montagnier Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 was divided, one half awarded to Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer", the other half jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus".