2008 Nobel prize for medicine winners meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy

French scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi arrives at the Elysee Palace after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on October 8, 2008. Dr. Barre-Sinoussi, along with French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier, was recently awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel prize for Medicine for discovering HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The other share of the prize went to German physician-scientist, Dr. Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of HPV, or the human papilloma virus. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)