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Article | 2016.11.15
Luc Montagnier, born in 1932
Luc Montagnier is Emeritus Professor at the Institut Pasteur, where he was director of the Viral Oncology Unit from 1972 to 2000. He is also Emeritus Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and member of the French Academies of Sciences and Medicine.
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Document de presse | 2022.02.11
Death of Professor Luc Montagnier on February 8, 2022
The Institut Pasteur would like to pay tribute to the memory of Professor Luc Montagnier, who died on February 8, 2022.Although in recent years Professor Luc Montagnier had adopted positions on various subjects that were hard to reconcile with scientific data and with well-established consensus views held by the scientific and medical community, his career left its mark on the history of French...
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News | 2018.10.05
Ten years ago, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier won the Nobel Prize in Medicine
On October 6, 2008, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their identification of the retrovirus responsible for AIDS at the Institut Pasteur in 1983. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi receiving her Nobel Prize in 2008. Copyright: Nobel Foundation, Photo Hans Mehlin. Twenty-five years after the AIDS virus was first isolated, this...
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Document de presse | 2008.10.05
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 has been awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, and to Prof. Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of the human papillomavirus, which is responsible for cervical cancer. Press releaseParis, october 6, 2008 “Twenty five...
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Article | 2016.11.15
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008. 25 years after isolating the AIDS virus, this prize, jointly received with Luc Montagnier"for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur" recognizes, beyond the work of the scientists, the tireless engagement of a whole community in the fight against HIV.
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News | 2023.06.05
HIV-AIDS: a fight for life, 40 years after the discovery of the virus
Forty years after the identification of the AIDS virus (HIV), the Institut Pasteur honored Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV with Prof. Luc Montagnier in 1983, both Nobel Prize winners in 2008. Through this exceptional researcher, we celebrated the commitment and fight for life of all players involved in the fight against HIV-AIDS. A short film retracing the 40 years that separate us...
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News | 2023.05.15
40 years of HIV discovery: the virus responsible for AIDS is identified on May 20, 1983
In 1983, HIV -the virus responsible for AIDS- was isolated by virologists from the Institut Pasteur. A first observation with a microscope in February was confirmed in May 83 by a publication in Science, the prestigious scientific journal. The revelation of a retrovirus will gradually change the beliefs around this disease. This discovery will also bring patients and researchers together around...
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News | 2020.12.03
HIV: one stage in replication may occur in macrophage nuclei
Understanding the replication mechanisms of HIV in the body is vital for the development of more targeted treatments. Research into macrophages is particularly crucial, since these immune cells are the first line of cellular defense against infectious agents, and HIV accumulates silently in them, making them a reservoir for the virus – even in people receiving treatment. Scientists from the...
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News | 2023.05.05
40 years of HIV discovery: the first cases of a mysterious disease in the early 1980s
In 1981, the first cases of a completely unknown disease were described in the United States. Plague or gay syndrome, cancer, pneumonia? Rumors were rife. Let’s have an eye back on this story of an emerging disease.
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Document de presse | 2009.05.17
The Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance take First Step Towards a Long-term Research Partnership in the Field of Infectious Diseases
The Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance have signed a letter of intent for a long-term research partnership. Communiqué de presse Paris, lmay 18, 2010 The Institut Pasteur and Mérieux Alliance (which comprises the companies: bioMérieux, Transgene, Shantha Biotechnics, ABL and Silliker) would like to pool their resources and efforts to fight infectious diseases...