2002_10

Archive ID: 2002_10

Luc Montagnier talks about the complex virology of HIV which makes the AIDS vaccine development so difficult. He also talks about the economic and cultural advantages of using traditional medicine as a part of the ARV therapy in developing countries.

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"Luc Montagnier from the Pasteur Institute in Paris was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 for his and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi discovery of HIV in 2003. He has also been very much involved in the international AIDS movement. I have filmed him several times." - Staffan Hildebrand