Francoise Barre-Sinoussi was born July 30, 1947, in Paris, France. In 2008 Barre-Sinoussi, along with Luc Montaigner, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of AIDS. In 1983 they discovered a retrovirus in patients with swollen glands; this retrovirus was later discovered to be the HIV virus. This discovery brought awareness to the urgent need for diagnostic testing to stop the spread of this horrible disease. Barre-Sinoussi is renowned for her research into infectious diseases. In 1988 she developed her own laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi has coauthored over 240 scientific articles. She has received many awards in addition to the Nobel Prize, including the International AIDS Society Prize.
Additional information about this remarkable woman may be found at the following websites:
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2008/barre-sinoussi-facts.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Barré-Sinoussi
https://www.iasociety.org/IASONEVOICE/From-discovery-to-a-cure-A-conversation-with-Francoise-Barre-Sinoussi
