Harald zur Hausen of Germany and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France on Monday won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of two viruses causing severe human diseases.
Zur Hausen will share a half of the award in 10 million Swedish kronor (US$ 1.42 million) and the two French scientists will share the other half, said Sweden Karolinska Institute, which awarded the prize bearing the name of the 19th century dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel.