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Birth Name:

Lutz Gissmann

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Sep 18, 1949

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany

Age:

74

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

25°

Vir

9'

About Lutz Gissmann

Lutz Gissmann (born Sept 18, 1949 in Kaufbeuren, Germany) is a German virologist and was head of the Division “Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis” at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg until his retirement in 2015. Lutz Gissmann is known for his seminal research in the field of human papillomaviruses (HPV) and their causal association with human cancer, especially cervical cancer. In his early work, he demonstrated genetic heterogeneity among HPV isolates leading the way to the now well-established concept of distinct HPV types (up to now more than 200) of which some are associated with specific benign or malignant disease. In the early 1980s in the laboratory of later Nobel Prize laureate Harald zur Hausen he was the first (together with the postgraduates Matthias Dürst and Michael Boshart supervised by him) to isolate and characterize HPV16 and HPV18, the two most oncogenic HPV types causing the vast majority of HPV-induced anogenital and head-and-neck cancers. This groundbreaking work of Lutz Gissmann provided experimental evidence for the causal association of specific HPV types with human cancer, and laid the foundation for the development of prophylactic HPV vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-induced cancers. His current research interest is on development of second generation prophylactic and therapeutic HPV vaccines.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Lutz Gissmann: Sun 25 Virgo, Moon 29 Cancer, Mercury 18 Libra, Venus 4 Scorpio, Mars 7 Leo, Jupiter 22 Capricorn, Saturn 11 Virgo, Uranus 4 Cancer, Neptune 14 Libra, Pluto 17 Leo, Sun Trine Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Square Mars, Venus Trine Uranus, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Lutz Gissmann: Living people, 1949 births, September 18 births, University of Freiburg alumni, German virologists