About
Won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the human immunodeficiency virus, popularly known as HIV. He taught at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was criticized for using his status to spread false health information that could be dangerous.
Before Fame
Willy Rozenbaum asked him for help researching the cause of AIDS, which at the time was known as "Gay-related immune deficiency."
Trivia
He wrote a paper on high dilutions that homeopaths claimed to support homeopathy, which uses ultra-high dilutions of substances to treat diseases. In 2010, Whittier College awarded him the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
Family Life
He was born in Chabris, France.
Associated With
Chinese scientist Flossie Wong-Staal became the first scientist to clone HIV.
