Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 315-318.

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Viruses and Human Health: A Brief Introduction to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

TIAN Xiaochen, WEN Yu-Mei   

  1. ①Lecturer, ②Professor, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032
  • Received:2008-11-13 Revised:2008-11-13 Online:2008-12-23 Published:2009-02-23

Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 was awarded to Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discoveries of two viruses causing severe human diseases. In this paper, the close association of viruses and human health was discussed.

Key words: tumor, HPV, HIV, AIDS