Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89

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Category : Obituaries Published on: February 12 2022

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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.
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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Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89