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Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_re_us/eu_sweden_nobel_medicine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081006/capt.3206e2468ba24534a2dfc661d65eec76.aptopix_germany_nobel_medicine_tki103.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Lxf2ajUYHyhM8NaPhhyJ3Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="German cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen stands in his laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine.</p><br clear="all"/>