Question : Luc Montagnier was belong to which country ?
a) French
b) Japan
c) England
d) USA
Ans :a
Related Facts :
- Luc Montagnier, the French virologist credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89.
- He was born in 1932 in the village of Chabris in central France.
- Montagnier was jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for his work in isolating the virus that causes Aids.
- Montagnier, a virologist, led the team that in 1983 identified the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS.
- He was lauded for this work, but later criticised for unscientific claims about autism and Covid-19.
- Montagnier and his team – including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who would later win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with him – examined tissue samples from patients with the mysterious new syndrome.
- He joined the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1960 and became head of the Pasteur Institute’s viro ogy department in 1972.
By Pawan Mishra