After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn. The first two years were particularly hard, since I simultaneously decided to attend lectures and courses in biology… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Regional clustering of specific cancer types triggered some investigations on a potential role of infectious agents in these malignant proliferations. — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Whereas HIV only in recent decades became infectious for humans, high risk papillomavirus types have in all likelihood been with us for millions of… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn. The first… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Maybe I should mention it: I was not from the beginning mainly interested in papilloma virus; I was mainly interested in infectious agents in… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately,… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
It is important to note that there exist vast gender differences in the global role of papillomaviruses in human cancers. This is mainly due… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
