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.

pirum and E. In fact its findings are inconsistent with homeopathic theory. Robert who had tried to succeed the company Digibio created by the late Jacques Benveniste approached Montagnier in May 2005 regarding his work on electromagnetic signals.

Although Montagnier disputed any such support many scientists greeted his claims with scorn and harsh criticism. Luc Antoine Montagnier (born 18 August 1932 in Chabris Indre France) is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).