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French, German scientists share Nobel prize for medicine

Monday 06 October 2008

France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier (pictured) won the 2008 Nobel prize for their discovery of the HIV virus, sharing it with a German scientist for his groundbreaking research into cervical cancer.

Monday 06 October 2008

By Reuters (text) / Thomas Adamson-Coumbousis (video)

STOCKHOLM - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.

Luc Montagnier, director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the
Institut Pasteur won half the prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million) for discovering the deadly virus that has killed millions of people since it gained notoriety in the 1980s.

Harald zur Hausen of the University of Duesseldorf and a former director of the German Cancer Research Centre, shared the other half of the prize for work that went against the current dogma as to the cause of cervical cancer.

The two French scientists identified virus production in lymphocytes from patients in the early stages of acquired immunodeficiency and in blood from patients with late stages of the disease. The virus became known as human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

"The discovery was one prerequisite for the current understanding of the biology of the disease and its antiretroviral treatment," the Nobel Assembly of Sweden's Karolinska Institute said in a statement.

The other half of the Nobel prize was awarded for the German scientist's research that "went against current dogma" and set forth that oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) caused cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women.

"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," the Assembly said.

Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.

The prizes for achievement in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel.

The economics prize is a later addition, established by the Swedish Riksbank in 1968.

The Nobel laureate for physics will be announced on Tuesday, followed by the chemistry Nobel on Wednesday, literature on Thursday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo.

HIV - Nobel Prize - scientists

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05/11/2008 08:40:24 Alert a moderator

Rethink UFT And Evolution

By Dov Henis -

Rethink Unified Field Theory And Evolution

Please glance at the following four brief essays and then re-read this note.

I humbly suggest that the underlying, essential thought, of these essays deserves your attention:

- Earth's life is an up-phased matter of the inanimate matter, all matter being essentially a format of constrained energy.

- The cosmos is an evolving energy affair consisting of endless intertwined evolutions.

- Culture is a ubiquitous trait of all matter, the driver of Evolution, of all evolutions. This is an extension of Darwin's and Broken Symmetry concepts.

- The further comprehension of Culture and Evolution is the essence of the quest for a Unified Field Theory.

Respectfully yours,

Dov Henis
(A DH Comment From The 22nd Century)
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-P81pQcU1dLBbHgtjQjxG_Q--?cq=1

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(1) On Complexity
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/60/122.page#943

(2) "Broken Symmetry" Is Physics' Term Of Biology's "Evolution"
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/40/122.page#885

(3) More On Forces-Matter-Life Unified Theory
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/60/122.page#957

(4) Why 'Life' In Forces-Matter-Life Unified Theory
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/60/122.page#963
15/10/2008 19:19:36 Alert a moderator

"Broken Symmetry" Is "Evolution"

By Dov Henis - Israel

"Broken Symmetry" Is Physics' Term For Biology's "Evolution"

A. Nobel Prize in physics shared for work that unifies forces of nature

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37300/title/Nobel_Prize_in_ph...

- "Understanding of broken symmetry has been crucial to the standard model of particle physics."

- "The basic laws of physics seem to be incredibly symmetric".

- "The cosmos began as a hot uniform sea of particles in which all the laws of physics had melded into one, but transformed and cooled into a rich tapestry."

- "Nambu discovered a mechanism embedded in the laws of physics that allowed the character of symmetries to 'change as the universe evolved'."

B. My primitive commonsensical understanding of the concept of "broken symmetry" is simply and plainly "evolution".

My understanding is that:

- "Symmetry" is a "uniformly steady state matrix".

- "Laws of physics" cannot and do not "seem to be" anything. The laws of nature, like rules of grammar for language, are products of cosmic evolution, the evolution of energy. They represent the most often observed repeats of processes. They are not vague mystic directors of the courses of processes, but a summary of their observed repeats.

- "The laws of physics had melded into one" as "the cosmos began as a hot uniform sea of particles"? NO. At singularity there were no "laws of physics".

- "Discovered a mechanism embedded in the laws of physics that allowed the character of symmetries to 'change as the universe evolved'? NO. This is harnessing the horses at the rear of the carriage. As the universe evolved the character of symmetries continuously changed and "laws of physics" have thus evolved.

C. "Broken Symmetry" Is Physics' Term For Biology's "Evolution"

This is another Glimpse Of Forces-Matter-Life Unified Theory...

Dov Henis

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-P81pQcU1dLBbHgtjQjxG_Q--?cq=1
07/10/2008 16:49:08 Alert a moderator

A day for Japan

By Muhammad Faheem Asim - Austria

I am really happy that Japanese physicists are doing very well, particularly Prof. Kobayashi`s research group. Many many congratulations to Japan.
06/10/2008 16:45:00 Alert a moderator

Nobel Prize

By Jennifer - USA

I am happy for 2008's Nobel winners-but I am particularly proud of Luc Montagnier. Montagnier and his lab deserve sole credit for discovering HIV. As a young American researcher, I heard "one side" of the debate (that Robert Gallo and Montagnier were "co-discoverers" of HIV), but after looking at all the evidence, I believe that Montagnier and his team's work was the most original. I am so glad that Montagnier's and his group were vindicated-and there's something to be said about keeping one's dignity despite the "power" of the American science establishment trying to take credit where credit was NOT due! May Montagnier and his lab continue to have much success in their research!