Francoise Barre-Sinoussi

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (born July 30 1947) is a French virologist and director of the Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Barre Sinoussi and colleague Luc Montagnier were awarded the 2008... [more]

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (born July 30 1947) is a French virologist and director of the Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Barre Sinoussi and colleague Luc Montagnier were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of of HIV.

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Nobel Medicine Prize kicks off week of awards

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The winner of the Nobel Medicine Prize is to be revealed on Monday, kicking off a week of prestigious award announcements including the two that are perhaps most anticipated, Literature and Peace. As always, speculation is rife for those honours, to be announced on Thursday and Friday respectively, though no obvious candidates have emerged amid the annual buzz. First out is the Medicine Prize, with the laureate to be revealed on Monday around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) by the Nobel jury at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. The award committees for the various prizes never reveal the nominees, leaving the door wide open for frenzied speculation ... Read Full Story

Better drugs encouraging AIDS complacency: Nobel doctor

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People are forgetting to practise safe sex because they no longer fear dying from HIV/AIDS, says the doctor who won the Nobel prize for helping to discover the virus. Treatment advances mean "some people in my country, France, and other Western countries have become complacent -- they see HIV/AIDS as a chronic disease -- not as one that can kill," virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi said. The doctor shared the Nobel Prize last year with fellow French virologist Dr Luc Montagnier for their discovery in 1981 of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. Barre-Sinoussi noted there has been a huge leap forward in treatments ... Read Full Story

Nobel Medicine Prize kicks off week of awards

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by Pia Ohlin STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- The winner of the Nobel Medicine Prize is to be revealed on Monday, kicking off a week of prestigious award announcements including the two that are perhaps most anticipated, Literature and Peace. As always, speculation is rife for those honours, to be announced on Thursday and Friday respectively, though no obvious candidates have emerged amid the annual buzz.Related article: Nobel guessing game at fever pitch First out is the Medicine Prize, with the laureate to be revealed on Monday around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) by the Nobel jury at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. The award committees for the various ... Read Full Story

Nobel Prize in Mei

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(CNN) — Two Frenchmen and a German won the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries of viruses that cause HIV and cervical cancer, the organization’s Web site said Monday. Luc Montagnier will split the $1.4 million prize with two others. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France were honored “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.” The pair are recognized as the discoverers in 1983 of the virus that can expose people to AIDS. Both have been involved in breakthroughs in screening for HIV and efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus. Harald zur Hausen of Germany was cited “for his ... Read Full Story

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The AIDS Institute, Nobel Prize Winner Join On World AIDS Day To Call For...
In honor of World AIDS Day, The AIDS Institute (TAI), one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for support of people with HIV/AIDS and their providers, joined Nobel Laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, in calling for government leaders, patient advocates and the research community to expand therapeutic HIV vaccine research.  
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The AIDS Institute, Nobel Prize Winner Join on World AIDS Day to Call for...
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - November 25, 2009) - In honor of World AIDS Day, The AIDS Institute (TAI), one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for support of people with HIV/AIDS and their providers, joined Nobel Laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, in calling for government leaders, patient advocates and the research community to expand therapeutic HIV vaccine research. TAI believes with more research funding, biotechnology...  
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