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An untreated infection eventually leads to AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. In 2008, French scientists Luc Montagnier and Fran\u00e7oise Barr\u00e9-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview where Fran\u00e7oise Barr\u00e9-Sinoussi talks about what it is like to meet patients affected by the virus she discovered.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2pWsyIRpkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The class of retroviruses to which HIV belongs is a virus that inserts its genes into the host cell&#8217;s DNA. 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