HIV Researcher Françoise Barré-Sinoussi To Retire

Reuters: Science won’t stop until it beats AIDS, says HIV pioneer
“More than 30 years after she identified one of the most pernicious viruses to infect humankind, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who shared a Nobel prize for discovering HIV, is hanging up her lab coat and retiring. She’s disappointed not to have been able to claim ultimate victory in the battle against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the killer disease AIDS, but also proud that in three decades, the virus has been beaten into check…” (Kelland, 10/9).

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