Luc Montagnier
Also known as Luc Antoine Montagnier
French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)
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Luc Montagnier was a French virologist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his scientific contributions. He is recognized as one of the major figures in virology, though his specific achievements and later work have been subjects of scientific discussion.
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- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2022
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Sobre virus y hombres
- Le Sida et la société française
- New concepts in AIDS pathogenesis
- Human retroviruses and diseases they cause
- Oxidative stress in cancer, AIDS, and neurodegenerative diseases
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5 total works indexed
- <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 30,801x
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Luc Montagnier ( US: /ˌmɒntənˈjeɪ, ˌmoʊntɑːnˈjeɪ/ MON-tən-YAY, MOHN-tahn-YAY, French: [lyk mɔ̃taɲe]; 18 August 1932 – 8 February 2022) was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
In 2017, Montagnier was criticised by other academics for using his Nobel prize status to "spread dangerous health messages outside of his field of knowledge". During the COVID-19 pandemic, Montagnier promoted the lab-leak theory that SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus, was deliberately created and escaped from a laboratory. Such a claim has been rejected by other virologists.