Luc Montagnier

[...]they had discovered evidence of a retrovirus, a viral RNA strand that corrupts existing DNA to its pattern. Today, due to highly active ART, HIV is a chronic medical condition with normal life expectancy for most patients. Regarding the validity of Montagnier's contentious beliefs, Vitiello states “solutions to controversies are provided by experiments, not by the Inquisition tribunal (Galileo's teaching)”.