2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Hot on the heels of last week’s IgNobel prizes comes the real thing. The Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced earlier today, with HPV and HIV research sharing the award.

2008 Nobel Laureates in Medicine

  • Harald zur Hausen: “for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer” | View articles on PubMed
  • Fran?â?ºoise Barr?â?®-Sinoussi & Luc Montagnier: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus” | View articles on Pubmed

    • A search on Barr?â?®-Sinoussi is a case study of idiosyncrasies of Author searching in PubMed. Throughout her career Barr?â?®-Sinoussi has articles published under the name Barr?â?®, F, Sinoussi, FB, and Sinoussi-Barr?â?®, F. An article by Barre-Sinoussi, B also turns up, which is probably the 2008 Nobel Laureate mis-attributed in the article.

    Reference librarian Mary Marix provided the adventures in PubMed author searching for this post. MK

    Publication Alert | Permalink | 1 Comment | Posted Monday, October 6, 2008 by Knapp, Maureen

    One Response to 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine

    1. Jennifer Lloyd says:
      Monday, October 6, 2008 at 10:01 am

      Pick a name and stick with it for the sanity of your fellow researchers!

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