Scientists Who Linked HPV with Cervical Cancer Win 20th Annual Alpert Prize

Two scientists who discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus, or HPV, cause cancer of the cervix will receive the 20th annual Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize on Sept. 15. As part of the day’s celebration, the German researchers will give talks at a symposium beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Harvard Medical School’s New Research Building (NRB) in Boston.

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