Renowned German cancer scientist Harald zur Hausen is one of three
Europeans to win the 2008 Nobel for Medicine.

BONN, GERMANY (FILE - OCTOBER 24, 1997) REUTERS -

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine
or physiology for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human
diseases, the prize awarding institute said on Monday (October 6).
The prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million U.S. dollars)
recognised Harald zur Hausen of Germany for his work into the cause of
cervical cancer and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France for
their discovery of the virus that causes AIDS, Sweden's Karolinska Institute
said.
Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each
year.
The prizes for achievement in science, literature and peace were first
awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of dynamite inventor and
businessman Alfred Nobel.