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Harald Zur Hausen

Harald Zur Hausen. By: Shelby Arbacheski. Childhood. Born March 11, 1936 in Gelsenkirech-Buer, Germany. Experienced World War II as a child His city was bombed All members of his family survived. College Years. Studied medicine at the University of Bonn

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Harald Zur Hausen

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  1. Harald Zur Hausen By: Shelby Arbacheski

  2. Childhood • Born March 11, 1936 in Gelsenkirech-Buer, Germany • Experienced World War II as a child • His city was bombed • All members of his family survived

  3. College Years • Studied medicine at the University of Bonn • Attended lectures and courses on biology • Also attended University of Hamburg for one year and Medical Academy in Dusseldorf • Graduated in medicine and finished MD thesis from the Medical Academy at the end of 1960

  4. Life • Got married in 1964 • Had first son, Jan Dirk, in 1965 • Moved to Philadelphia, US, in the end of 1965 on a job offer from Werner and Gertrude Henle at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia • Started working in 1966

  5. Retirement In 2003, after 20 years, Harald zur Hausen retired from the scientific directorship of the German Cancer Research Centre

  6. Nobel Prize • Prize Motivation: • “For his discovery of Human Papilloma Viruses causing Cervical Cancer” • Harald zur Hausen received a Nobel Prize in 2008, for Physiology or Medicine

  7. Human Papillomavirus • A common virus passed through sex • Human Papillomavirus (HPV)- any of a number of species that cause warts, particularly plantar warts and genital warts, on the skin and mucous membranes in humans; some are associated with malignancies of the genital tracts • HPV can cause cervical cancer

  8. Harald zur Hausen receiving the Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

  9. Harald zur Hausen delivering his Nobel lecture

  10. Sources www.nobelprize.org www.medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com www.cdc.gov www.cancer.gov www.oncohealthcorp.com

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