The Nobel Prize on Twitter: "Today it is Françoise Barré-Sinoussi's 73rd birthday - join us in wishing the Medicine Laureate a happy birthday! Barré-Sinoussi shared the 2008 Medicine Prize with Luc Montagnier
![Luc Montagnier of France receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. The medicine prize was given Luc Montagnier of France receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. The medicine prize was given](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2e78wt3/luc-montagnier-of-france-receives-the-2008-nobel-prize-in-medicine-from-swedens-king-carl-xvi-gustaf-r-at-the-concert-hall-in-stockholm-december-10-2008-the-medicine-prize-was-given-to-three-researchers-with-montagnier-and-francoise-barre-sinoussi-of-france-awarded-one-half-for-their-discovery-of-the-human-immunodeficiency-virus-and-harold-zur-hausen-of-germany-awarded-one-half-for-his-discovery-of-human-papilloma-viruses-causing-cervical-cancer-reuters-bob-strong-sweden-2e78wt3.jpg)
Luc Montagnier of France receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. The medicine prize was given
![This year?s Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Harald zur Hausen (R), arrives with his colleagues Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (C) and Luc Montagnier (L) for a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, 06 December 2008. This year?s Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Harald zur Hausen (R), arrives with his colleagues Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (C) and Luc Montagnier (L) for a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, 06 December 2008.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D4HD5H/this-years-nobel-prize-winner-in-medicine-harald-zur-hausen-r-arrives-D4HD5H.jpg)