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Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89
Source: BBC
Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89
10 February 2022
Luc Montagnier, the French virologist credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89.
Montagnier was jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for his work in isolating the virus that causes Aids.
He was lauded for this work, but later criticised for unscientific claims about autism and Covid-19.
Local news site FranceSoir reported he died on Tuesday in Neuilly-sur-Seine "surrounded by his children".
The virologist first began working on the virus in the early 1980s while at France's Pasteur Institute, a non-profit research foundation.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60340504
