The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
Awarded on: 2008-10-06
"for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"
Affiliations:
- German Cancer Research Center – Heidelberg, Germany
Harald zur Hausen
Born: 1936-03-11 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German virologist (1936–2023)
Biography
Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008. He was chairman of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.