Nobel Prize for Medicine 2008

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Published: Oct 23, 2008
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Nobel Prize for Medicine, 2008, human papilloma viruses, HPV, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV

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Piotr Rapiejko
1. Zakład Profilaktyki Zagrożeń Środowiskowych i Alergologii Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego. 2. Klinika Otolaryngologii Wojskowego Instytutu Medycznego w Warszawie
Agnieszka Lipiec
Zakład Profilaktyki Zagrożeń Środowiskowych i Alergologii Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

Abstract

The Nobel committee has awarded the Prize for Physiology or Medicine in this year to Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of human papilloma viruses (HPV) causing cervical cancer and to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).


 

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Rapiejko , P., & Lipiec , A. (2008). Nobel Prize for Medicine 2008. Alergoprofil, 4(3), 68-71. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/95
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