Luc Montagnier. Portrait of Luc Montagnier (born 1932),virologist and co-discoverer of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). HIV causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Montagnier is a professor at the Pasteur Institute,Paris,France,and heads the AIDS-Retroviral and Viral Oncology Departments. In the 1960s,his work led to the discovery of retroviruses. In 1983 he isolated HIV,initially calling it LAV lymphodenopathy-associated virus),but then renaming it HIV. He is now working on vaccines and antiviral therapies to treat HIV infection. Montagnier won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 | |
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