French virologist Dr. Luc Montagnier is a true scientist, rather than a tenured defender of the status quo. He is not afraid to express his support of homeopathy. Whether he's right or wrong, science should be done by observation, experimentation, debate, and discussion, not by silencing or ridiculing colleagues who have ideas that don't fit the current paradigm..
Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
In a remarkable interview published in Science magazine of December 24, 2010, (1) Professor Luc Montagnier, has expressed support for the often maligned and misunderstood medical specialty of homeopathic medicine. Although homeopathy has persisted for 200+ years throughout the world and has been the leading alternative treatment method used by physicians in Europe, (2) most conventional physicians and scientists have expressed skepticism about its efficacy due to the extremely small doses of medicines used. Read more