Francoise Barre-Sinoussi

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi at the French Embassy in Cambodia. She and her colleague Luc Montagnier were awarded the Nobel for discovering the human AIDS virus, effectively ending a long-running dispute over whom to give credit for the discovery.

( Heng Sinith / Associated Press / October 6, 2008 )

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi at the French Embassy in Cambodia. She and her colleague Luc Montagnier were awarded the Nobel for discovering the human AIDS virus, effectively ending a long-running dispute over whom to give credit for the discovery.

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