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A new era in the American quest for equality started in 1955, in Ala...bama, USA, when Rosa Parks - born #OnThisDay - refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
From her autobiography, 'My Story'.
Photo: Rosa Parks and Nobel Laureate Martin Luther King, 1955. Meer weergeven
In 1974 Harald zur Hausen suggested that human papilloma virus, HPV,... could give rise to cervical cancer. His work led to the development of a vaccine against the disease.
At the time zur Hausen's idea challenged the common wisdom, as most researchers thought that cervical cancer was caused by the herpes simplex virus. However, despite the doubts of his peers, zur Hausen worked patiently trying to prove his hypothesis.
After 10 years of diligent research, he was proved right. His discovery showed that two types of HPV virus were responsible for the majority of cervical cancer cases.
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“Thank you for saving my life."
Tomas Dahl (pictured left) was dia...gnosed with tonsil cancer and told there was no cure. But after trying the cancer therapy pioneered by 2018 Medicine Laureates James Allison and Tasuku Honjo (centre and right), he emerged cancer-free.
Dahl was one of several cancer patients who had the chance to share their story with the two Nobel Laureates at an emotional meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. “Meeting the people who have benefitted from our research is the real prize for me,” said Allison. “When I meet patients who tell me: ‘You saved my life,' it is an unforgettable moment,” added Honjo.
After his diagnosis in January 2017, Dahl began convention cancer treatments – radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. No treatment worked. In February 2018, he was informed that there was nothing else that could be done. "I had a few months left to live,” says Dahl. "I explained to my kids that I would not make it."
In March, however, he began a new treatment: immunotherapy and – in his words – “was awarded the gift of life. The treatment had completely erased all cancer cells in my body.”
“There simply aren’t words to express the gratitude I feel,” he told Allison and Honjo. “I would not be here today if it wasn’t for you and your discovery.”
Allison and Honjo were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a new cancer therapy which stimulates our immune system to attack tumour cells.
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