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Nobel panel snubs Gallo in HIV prize
Twenty-five years after the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS, two French researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for their role in that scientific breakthrough. Perhaps more notable than who won the award is who did not: Dr....Tags: Government, Health Organizations, Foreign Aid, Medicine, Awards and Prizes
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Three earn Nobels for work on viruses
Los Angeles TimesTwo French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded on Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The decision effectively ends the long-...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, Medicine, Awards and Prizes, Western Medicines
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2 AIDS researchers receive Nobel Prize
Chicago Tribune reporterTwo French researchers who discovered the AIDS virus were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday, capping a long-running dispute over who should get credit for the historic finding. The scientists shared the prize with Germany's Harald zur Hausen,...Tags: Diseases, Foreign Aid, Medical Research, Awards and Prizes, Cancer
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French, German scientists share medicine Nobel
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine....Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Medical Research, Awards and Prizes, Cancer
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Research In AIDS, Cancer Wins
Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday. The decision effectively ends the long-...Tags: Diseases, Medical Research, Awards and Prizes, Cancer, Ronald Reagan
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Dark matter, new planets and nanotechnology touted as candidates for Nobel in physics
Associated Press WritersSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics. But the prize being announced on Tuesday is one of...Tags: Medicine, Nanotechnology, Retroviruses, Awards and Prizes, Applied Science
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German, 2 French share Nobel medicine prize for discoveries of HIV, cervical cancer virus
Associated Press WritersSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. French...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Foreign Aid, Vaccines
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Marysville doctor opens care center in Malawi
Times Herald (Port Huron)Patients may visit Rod McLane at his office, Spine and Sport Chiropractic Center in Marysville, for back problems. But they will come to his center in Malawi, Africa, with considerably more dire circumstances. McLane's foundation, Hope Endeavors,...Tags: Government, Diseases, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, National Government
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For many rape victims, treatment and support services fall short
Special to The TimesEach year in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 270,000 people are raped or sexually assaulted. The number is shocking enough. Also shocking is what happens afterward -- or what doesn't happen. Too many of them don'...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Emergency Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicine, Family Planning
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Honoring 2 AIDS scientists but omitting a 3rd, Nobel Prize recalls a bitter 1980s dispute
AP Science WriterThe awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s over who deserved credit for discovering HIV and the resulting test to screen blood for it. The Nobel committee honored French scientist...Tags: Diseases, Alan Alda, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Awards and Prizes, Ronald Reagan
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Archive report: Science subverted in AIDS dispute
Tribune reporterThis story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...Tags: Government, Health Organizations, Invention and Innovation, Awards and Prizes, Research
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Nobel Prize
The 2008 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded to three European scientists on Monday, for their discoveries of viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS. These breakthroughs have helped doctors learn about and fight the deadly diseases. French...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Foreign Aid, Vaccines
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