2008諾貝爾獎

果然是光輝的10月啊~今年的諾貝爾獎開始頒獎囉~

首先頒發的是生醫獎，

研究HPV與子宮頸癌的德國科學家Harald zur Hausen分到了1/2的獎金~

研究HIV與AIDS之間關係的兩位法國的科學家Françoise Barré-Sinoussi跟Luc Montagnier各分到了1/4獎金。

(Françoise Barré-Sinoussi的獲獎，為女性的科學研究又再寫下一篇歷史啊!:D)

所以，今年的生醫獎，是被「病毒」拿下的耶。:P

等化學獎跟物理獎也頒了，我就來一如慣例的試著英翻中吧。

(話說英文一直在退步中...)

[先睹為快]

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2008/press.html

This year's Nobel Prize awards discoveries of two viruses causing severe

human diseases.

Harald zur Hausen went against current dogma and postulated that oncogenic

human papilloma virus (HPV) caused cervical cancer, the second most common

cancer among women. He realized that HPV-DNA could exist in a non-productive

state in the tumours, and should be detectable by specific searches for

viral DNA. He found HPV to be a heterogeneous family of viruses.

Only some HPV types cause cancer. His discovery has led to characterization

of the natural history of HPV infection, an understanding of mechanisms of

HPV-induced carcinogenesis and the development of prophylactic vaccines

against HPV acquisition. 

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier discovered human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Virus production was identified in

lymphocytes from patients with enlarged lymph nodes in early stages

of acquired immunodeficiency, and in blood from patients with late stage

disease. They characterized this retrovirus as the first known human

lentivirus based on its morphological, biochemical and immunological

properties. HIV impaired the immune system because of massive virus

replication and cell damage to lymphocytes. The discovery was one

prerequisite for the current understanding of the biology of the disease

and its antiretroviral treatment.