[Harald zur Hausen--a scientist with passion. Vaccine against cervical cancer].
The profile of Harald zur Hausen, German virologist and Nobel-Prize winner for medicine in 2008, is presented in the context of his life and scientific achievements. The studies of zur Hausen on oncogenic viruses submitted a finding that chronic infection with certain highly invasive human papilloma viruses (HPV16 and HPV18 types) causes cervix carcinoma. The discovery was a starting point to successful construction of biosynthetic preventive vaccines against this carcinoma, such as "Gardasil" and "Cervarix".
Załdad Immunoparazytologii, Katedra Immunologii i Biologii Infekcyjnej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, ul. Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź. hdlugo@biol.uni.lodz.pl
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D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009613:Nobel Prize; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000266:history* / Q000276:immunology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; C510352:human papillomavirus vaccine, L1 type 16, 18