Nobel prize for medicine goes to AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 6, 2008

Two scientists who discovered AIDS virus and German who found cervical cancer virus were awarded Nobel prize for medicine.

Bone-marrow transplant promising for AIDS

BERLIN, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A German doctor expressed surprise that an AIDS patient shows no sign of the fatal virus after receiving a bone-marrow transplant for leukemia.

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.

Study: Wealth affects cancer rate

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy, British researchers said.

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.

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.

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.

Effort targets immigrant cervical cancer

HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Two Texas hospitals are expanding an effort to lower the risks of cervical cancer among Mexican women in U.S. border areas.

Breast, cervical cancer screening cost low

ATLANTA, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The median cost of providing screening for under-or uninsured, low-income women for breast cancer was $94 and $56 for cervical cancer, a U.S. study found.

Pill linked to higher cervical cancer risk

LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A report in a British medical journal said women who take contraceptive pills for an extended length of time face a higher risk of cervical cancer.

Study: AIDS-related virus causes cancer

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have discovered how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus, or KSHV, subverts normal cells into causing cancer.

More cervical cancer screening needed

MONTREAL, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Canadian researcher warns the goal of eradicating cervical cancer is achievable only if all women benefit from available prevention methods.