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Aside from Montagnier, who were the recipients of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

  • Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen

  • Marie Curie and Albert Einstein

  • Rosalind Franklin and Robert Koch

  • Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp

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The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen for their discoveries of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papillomavirus (HPV), respectively. The Nobel Committee recognized their work as having "revolutionized our understanding of infectious diseases" and as "laying the foundation for prevention and treatment of AIDS and cervical cancer."
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