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Luc Montagnier is a renowned French virologist, born on August 18, 1932. His research in virology has had a profound impact on medicine and public health.

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“We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.”

Knows Infection

Author:Luc Montagnier

“That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere.”

Trying Important Natural Defense Excellent Treatment Get Back Immune

Author:Luc Montagnier

“Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.”

Response Locals Viruses Transmission

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“It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.”

Needs Clear Safe Safety Sufficient Vaccines Prevention

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“We did not purify... We saw some particles but they did not have the morphology [shape] typical of retroviruses. They were very different... What we did not have, as I have always recognized it, is that it was truly the cause of AIDS.”

Different Causes Saws Shapes Aids Typical Particles Morphology

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“Its very difficult in our society. You cannot impose certain behavioral changes. Education can do it at the right time, probably by high school. After that it is too late.”

School Certain Difficult Can Do Late High School Too Late Our Society Right Time Aggravation Behavioral Change

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“I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.”

Thinking Should Weight Factors Hiv

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“Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.”

Ifs Dies Support Function Critical Psychological Factors Immune

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“AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.”

People Ifs Doe Important Support Disease Aids Factors Hiv Hiv Aids

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“We can be exposed to HIV many times without being chronically infected. Our immune system will get rid of the virus within a few weeks, if you have a good immune system.”

Ifs Week Exposed Viruses Hiv Immune Immune System

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“I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.”

Clear Solutions Concern Meetings Experts Ethical Idaho

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“The center will be fully operational in two years' time, but probably in the middle of the year we will have a temporary laboratory of 4,000 square feet.”

Years Two Feet Middle Two Years Temporary Squares Laboratory

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“The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.”

Way Ideas Produce Viruses Vaccines Viral

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“Our goal is not to completely eradicate the infection - that would be very difficult - but to produce a vaccine that will prevent not infection but disease. I think this is more possible.”

Thinking Would Be Difficult Goal Produce Disease Vaccines Infection

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“My proposal now is to test a vaccine first on people who have been infected, and if you show some efficacy at this level, you might be able to go further to study uninfected people in a population with a high rate of infection.”

People Ifs Firsts Has Beens Shows Might Able Levels Study Tests Rate Population Proposal Vaccines Infection Efficacy

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“Another interesting field, which is my own, is cofactors, not only to the disease but also to transmission. I am still puzzled by the fact that you get more sexual transmission in some ethnic populations. One way to answer this is to look for genetic factors.”

Way Looks Stills Facts My Own Answers Interesting Fields Disease Population Factors One Way Transmission Puzzled

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“Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.”

Should Research Application Basic Research

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“It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.”

Age Easier

Author:Luc Montagnier

“AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.”

Thinking Knows Years Firsts Two Winning Activity Disease Research Aids Priorities Two Years Hiv

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Born: August 18, 1932
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