An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
October 8th, 2008
The French Win This One
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discovery of HIV. They each get one-quarter of the prize money, with one-half going to Harald zur Hausen for showing the relationship between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. For the record, if you search the Nobel press release for the word “Gallo”, […]