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It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.
Luc Montagnier

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They don't actually see the real world, where 95% of the people with HIV are not treated and are dying. And even though we have some blue sky now in our country, the sky could become cloudy again very soon.
Luc Montagnier

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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.
Luc Montagnier

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One could not have isolated this retrovirus without knowledge of other retroviruses, that's obvious. But I believe we have answered the criteria of isolation.
Luc Montagnier

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It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.
Luc Montagnier

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We are working with a biotech company, Calypte, which has designed a urine test for the HIV antibody.
Luc Montagnier

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The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.
Luc Montagnier

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I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.
Luc Montagnier

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Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.
Luc Montagnier

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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.
Luc Montagnier

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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.
Luc Montagnier

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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.
Luc Montagnier

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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.
Luc Montagnier

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Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.
Luc Montagnier

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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.
Luc Montagnier

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