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.International Herald Tribune: ... Nobel Prize in Medicine(October 6, 2008)

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 1980sNew Scientist: AIDS and cervical cancer discoveries scoop Nobel prize (October 6, 2008)