Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen has passed away

Quoting DKFZ on LinkedIn, “It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and longtime Chairman of the DKFZ Board of Directors, died last Sunday, May 28, at the age of 87. “The news of Harald zur Hausen’s death saddens all of us at DKFZ. Our thoughts are with his family. With him, we lose an outstanding scientist who made groundbreaking achievements in the field of tumor virology,” said Michael Baumann, Chairman of the Board and Scientific Director of DKFZ.”

Quote from the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center / LinkedIn