2003_8_01

Archive ID: 2003_8_01

French virologist and Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier reflects on the discovery of HIV, discusses disappointments and lessons learned along the way and the possibility of a vaccine, and gives advice for future AIDS researchers.

Background material

"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