2008 Nobel prize for medicine winners meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier arrives at the Elysee Palace after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on October 8, 2008. Dr. Montagnier, along with French scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, 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)
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- List of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners:
ROME, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The co-discoverer of the HIV virus, Luc Montagnier, says poor nations need better access to HIV drugs.
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.
TRIPOLI, Libya, June 16 (UPI) -- Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor are preparing their final appeal of death sentences for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with AIDS.
