Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
Nobel co-recipients: Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinouss
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Name: Luc Montagnier
Birth: 18 August 1932, Chabris, France
Residence: World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, Paris, France
Award: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Prize: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.”
Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy
Luc Montagnier shared one half of the Nobel Prize money with Francoise Barre-Sinoussi. He planned to use the award money of 2.5 million Swedish crowns [$600,000] on his HIV research.