Oct 6th, 2008 · The 2008 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine went in part to two French researchers for discovering the virus that causes AIDS. The award was not shared by American Robert Gallo, who has also claimed a role in the discovery of HIV. Additionally, a German scientist got the prize for establishing the cause of most cervical cancers.
Oct 2nd, 2006 · Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering "RNA interference," a way organisms turn off individual genes. The discovery is considered by many scientists to be a breakthrough in modern biology.
Oct 2nd, 2006 · This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to two American researchers, Andrew Fire of Stanford University and Craig Mello of the University of Massachusetts. The pair, who discovered how to selectively silence genes that cause disease, will share the $1.4 million prize.
Jan 13th, 2006 · By the end of 2004, an estimated 78 million people worldwide were infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. China is not immune to the epidemic. According to 2003 statistics compiled by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, as many as 1.5 million Chinese were thought to be infected with HIV. UNAIDS says China has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. Sarah Schlesinger, research associate professor; laboratory of cellular immunology and physiology; The Rockefeller University, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Oct 7th, 2005 · A report on this year's Nobel Prizes: The Nobel in chemistry is awarded for a technique that produces new organic compounds. Two Americans and a German share the prize for work that used light to make some of the most precise measurements ever performed. And the Nobel in physiology or medicine is awarded to J. Robin Warren and Barry J. Marshall for their 1982 discovery that bacteria, not stress, cause peptic ulcers.
Oct 3rd, 2005 · The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is awarded to J. Robin Warren and Barry J. Marshall for their 1982 discovery that bacteria, not stress, cause peptic ulcers.
Oct 3rd, 2005 · Australians Robin Warren and Barry Marshall receive the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Their research bucked conventional wisdom, showing that a bacterium, not simply excess stomach acid, causes peptic ulcers. Also, it suggested that bacterium may be a major cause of stomach cancer.
Jul 22nd, 2005 · Lance Armstrong may be pedaling towards his seventh consecutive Tour de France victory -- a testament to his champion ability, and also to some remarkable physiology and technology.