Quotes by Luc Montagnier

About Luc Montagnier:

Luc Antoine Montagnier is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A long-time researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, he currently works as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
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One could not have isolated this retrovirus without knowledge of other retroviruses, that's obvious. But I believe we have answered the criteria of isolation.

Luc Montagnier

The center will be fully operational in two years' time, but probably in the middle of the year we will have a temporary laboratory of 4,000 square feet.

Luc Montagnier

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.

Luc Montagnier

Author Bio

  • NameLuc Montagnier
  • DescriptionJoint recipient, 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • BornAugust 18, 1932
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhysician; Biologist; Virologist
  • AwardsGrand Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Commander Of The National Order Of Merit; Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine; Princess Of Asturias Award - Technical And Scientific Research;