Luc Montagnier Quotes
It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.
Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.
The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.
AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.
Our goal is not to completely eradicate the infection - that would be very difficult - but to produce a vaccine that will prevent not infection but disease. I think this is more possible.
I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.
AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.
Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.
We can be exposed to HIV many times without being chronically infected. Our immune system will get rid of the virus within a few weeks, if you have a good immune system.
It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.
That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere.
Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.
Its very difficult in our society. You cannot impose certain behavioral changes. Education can do it at the right time, probably by high school. After that it is too late.
The center will be fully operational in two years' time, but probably in the middle of the year we will have a temporary laboratory of 4,000 square feet.
