Nobel Prize In Medicine For Major Virus Discoveries

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 5:39am

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine Monday for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases.

NPR's Richard Knox talks with Steve Inskeep about the prize winners' research.

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