Luc Montagnier Case Study

Luc Montagnier was born on August 18th, 1932 in Chabris, France to Antoine and Marianne Montagnier. He was very much adored by his mother, Marianne, who was a stay at home parent and was a housewife. Around age five Luc was in an unfortunate and horrible accident. While he was crossing a road he was struck by a speeding automobile. The accident left him in a coma for about two days and he was left with some permanent scars located on his face that are still visible to this day. During his childhood his family endured World War II. Luc 's family deserted their home during World War II and in 1944 it was partly demolished due to bombing. As a child he grew up with his father, Antoine, suffering from having chronic entercolitis. And on top of that his grandfather had renal cancer. Since his grandfather had cancer, he saw the progression of the disease and its toll on his grandfather as time progressed. Witnessing the suffering of his loved ones who were near and dear to him was a main factor of him entering the medical and scientific profession. Luc attended a high school called the Collège de Châtellerault. During high school Luc always excelled in his studies and he always felt that he was ahead of his fellow peers. Throughout high school he became more

HIV is also known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus. During the year 1983 he led a team to separate the HIV that was beforehand unknown in humans and he made the connection that the HIV was a cause of AIDS. Then in the year 1985 he did the same with the HIV2 that was found in groups of West African people. From these discoveries he helped to research possible vaccines to help with the HIV. Several years after this discovery Luc started the world foundation for AIDS research and prevention in the year 1993. Luc received a Noble Prize in 2008 in medicine for his work in discovering the Human Immunodeficiency