Montagnier Luc Quotes & Sayings

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

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth. — Willie Nelson

My proposal now is to test a vaccine first on people who have been infected, and if you show some efficacy at this level, you might be able to go further to study uninfected people in a population with a high rate of infection. — Luc Montagnier

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. — Doris Lessing

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

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

In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency. — Doc Hastings

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

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

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

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

They had become unofficial mentors to the two aspiring teenage journalists, — John Feinstein

Whenever I don't feel so well, I always try remind myself of the Siamese twin whose brother is gay, whose boyfriend is coming over ... and they share the same asshole. — Jay Mohr

The impossible cannot be where there is perseverance and faith. There is no impossible in life. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Good advice is like a proverb: the meaning depends on the interpretation. — Rebecca L. Walkowitz

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

To live in love is to live in life, and to live in life is to live in love — Leo Buscaglia

He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven. — Oscar Wilde

Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole. — Thomas De Quincey

What seems to be clear to me is that after the primary infection most of the cells die indirectly, but at the later stage, when the viral load is very high, the virus kills a lot of cells directly. — Luc Montagnier

Still ending, and beginning still! — William Cowper

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

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

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. — Luc Montagnier

It's 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. — Luc Montagnier

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

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

What perhaps should receive more attention is the effect of the treatment on the virus. — Luc Montagnier

Another interesting field, which is my own, is cofactors, not only to the disease but also to transmission. I am still puzzled by the fact that you get more sexual transmission in some ethnic populations. One way to answer this is to look for genetic factors. — Luc Montagnier

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

You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off. — Frank Snepp

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. — Luc Montagnier

We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection. — Luc Montagnier

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

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

We did not purify [isolate] ... We saw some particles but they did not have the morphology [shape] typical of retroviruses ... They were very different ... What we did not have, as I have always recognized it, is that it was truly the cause of AIDS. — Luc Montagnier

I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk. — Luc Montagnier