HARALD ZUR HAUSEN

B Y : S H E L B Y A R B A C H E S K I

Born March 11, 1936 in Gelsenkirech-Buer, Germany

Experienced World War II as a child

His city was bombed

All members of his family survived

Childhood

Studied medicine at the University of Bonn

Attended lectures and courses on biology

Also attended University of Hamburg for one year and Medical Academy in Dusseldorf

Graduated in medicine and finished MD thesis from the Medical Academy at the end of 1960

College Years

Moved to Philadelphia, US, in the end of 1965 on a job offer from Werner and Gertrude Henle at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Started working in 1966

Got married in 1964

Had first son, Jan Dirk, in 1965

Life

In 2003, after 20 years, Harald zur Hausen retired from the scientific directorship of the German Cancer Research Centre

Retirement

Harald zur Hausen received a Nobel Prize in 2008, for Physiology or Medicine

Prize Motivation:

“For his discovery of Human Papilloma Viruses causing Cervical Cancer”

Nobel Prize

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)- any of a number of species that cause warts, particularly plantar warts and genital warts, on the skin and mucous membranes in humans; some are associated with malignancies of the genital tracts

A common virus passed through sex

HPV can cause cervical cancer

Human Papillomavirus

Harald zur Hausen receiving the Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Harald zur Hausen delivering his Nobel lecture

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