Nobel honours for discovery of deadly viruses

The Nobel prize for medicine or physiology has been awarded to three people who discovered viruses that cause deadly diseases.

Germany’s Harald zur Hausen discovered the link between a common virus and cervical cancer.

Two French scientists have also been recognised for discovering the virus that causes AIDS.

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi works at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and Luc Montagnier is director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention.

The three get a share in the prize of just over one million euros.

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