Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research

Oct. 7, 2008

The awards recognize two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer. Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

HPV makes some cancers harder to treat

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The human papillomavirus, HPV, in cervical as well as head and neck cancers makes them resistant to therapy, U.S. researchers said.

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by three people for discoveries of viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Swedish organization said.

Britain begins cancer vaccination program

LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Britain has started a nationwide program to inoculate girls against strains of human papilloma virus that can cause cervical cancer.

Claim: AIDS cure less than 10 years off

BONN, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A German researcher says he is optimistic a cure for AIDS will be found within 10 years.

Britain planning cervical cancer efforts

LONDON, July 20 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of teenage girls in Britain will receive a vaccination against the disease that can cause cervical cancer, a health official says.

Scientist think they've found HIV weakness

HOUSTON, July 16 (UPI) -- HIV researchers at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston said they think they've found the chink in armor of the virus linked to AIDS.

Group blasts Egyptian ruling in HIV case

CAIRO, May 29 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch has criticized an Egyptian court for upholding prison sentences for five men arrested in a campaign targeting people with HIV.

Viruses may be linked to lung cancer

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and Israeli researchers suggest viruses may have a role in the development of lung cancer.

Canadians to compare HPV and Pap test

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 26 (UPI) -- A team of Canadian researchers have announced a study to determine if a test for the human papilloma virus, or HPV, can replace the Pap test.

AIDS vaccine trials may have added risk

BETHESDA, Md., March 21 (UPI) -- Two field tests of an AIDS vaccine not only failed to protect people from the virus but may have put them at greater risk, U.S. researchers said.

Stress increases cervical cancer risk

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Daily stress can reduce a woman's ability to fight off human papillomavirus and increase her risk for developing cervical cancer, a U.S. study found.

HPV early detection test created

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have developed a technology that can detect a single molecule of the virus associated with female cervical cancer.

Virus might help brain tumor treatment

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A common human virus might be useful in treating one of the deadliest forms of brain tumors, a U.S. study concluded.

Genetic HIV process is determined

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus evolves into a more deadly form that heralds the onset of full-blown AIDS.

Avian, human flu virus cell types are ID'd

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Dutch scientists have identified the respiratory tract sites and cell types targeted by human versus avian influenza viruses.