37 Quotes by Luc Montagnier

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

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

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

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.

We believe that these treatments are not sufficient and are also too expensive to be applied to many people in the developing world.

There are two main theories: that it kills the cells infected directly or that the cells die in an indirect way. Actually, I am open to both.

But it will be more and more difficult - and less and less ethical - to find populations in a natural condition of high infection.

I think in our campaign the most important time is 10 to 12 years old, before they get sexually active. At that time there is no sexual pressure.