Luc Montagnier

Luc Montagnier and his research partner Françoise Barré-Sinoussi shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine with Harald zur Hausen. Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier discovered HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.¹

Fast Facts

1. Born: 1932, France²
2. Education:PhD virology, University of Paris²
3. Employed: Professor emeritus, and director World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention^{1 2}
4. He received 2.5 million kronor (about $350,000)¹

Controversy

The award for HIV discovery mentions the contributions of Robert Gallo of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, but does not award him the prize, declaring Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier the co-discoverers. The three have been locked in an ongoing battle over who discovered the virus since the 1980s³

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