Harald zur Hausen

In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting…

— Harald zur Hausen

Regional clustering of specific cancer types triggered some investigations on a potential role of infectious agents in these malignant proliferations.

— Harald zur Hausen

Whereas HIV only in recent decades became infectious for humans, high risk papillomavirus types have in all likelihood been with us for…

— Harald zur Hausen

As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early…

— Harald zur Hausen

After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn.…

— Harald zur Hausen

Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole…

— Harald zur Hausen

Maybe I should mention it: I was not from the beginning mainly interested in papilloma virus; I was mainly interested in infectious…

— Harald zur Hausen

Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed,…

— Harald zur Hausen

It is important to note that there exist vast gender differences in the global role of papillomaviruses in human cancers. This is…

— Harald zur Hausen