Francoise Barre-Sinoussi

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...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story

London, Mar 5: Nobel Prize winning scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi - discoverer of HIV - has said that a cure for AIDS now "might be possible." Barre-Sinoussi told The Times that with renewed scientific efforts, an end to AIDS can be achieved. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

(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...Read Full Story

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 pitchFirst out is the Medicine Prize, with the laureate...Read Full Story