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Harald zur Hausen

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Harald zur Hausen
Full Name
of the recipient		Harald zur Hausen
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award2008
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi (25.0%)
Luc Montagnier (25.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
Place of BirthGelsenkirchen, Germany DEU
Date of Birth11 March 1936
Age
at the time of Award		71 years
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