"for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"
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Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur b. 1947 |
World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention
Paris, b. 1932 |
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier discovered human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Virus production was identified in lymphocytes from patients with enlarged lymph nodes in early stages of acquired immunodeficiency, and in blood from patients with late stage disease. They characterized this retrovirus as the first known human lentivirus based on its morphological, biochemical and immunological properties. HIV impaired the immune system because of massive virus replication and cell damage to lymphocytes. The discovery was one prerequisite for the current understanding of the biology of the disease and its antiretroviral treatment.
Источник: пресс-релиз нобелевского комитета
Спрашивается, где Галло?
Кроме этого в 2008 году борцу со СПИДом была присуждена престижная сахаровская премия
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