Announcement: Prof. Dr. Luc Montagnier joins ESME as Honorary Member

[Guest guest]

The European Society for ME (ESME) is pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Luc

Montagnier is an honorary member of our organization. He has been an honorary

member since May 2nd, 2010 and was also patron of ESME's launch meeting in

Norway (June 2009).

Prof. Montagnier is a Professor Emeritus of Virology at the Pasteur Institute in

Paris, France, where he was the director of the Viral Oncology Unit from 1972 to

2000. He is the co-discoverer of the HIV1 virus and HIV test. He received the

Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for discovering viruses that cause severe human

diseases.A second similar HIV virus (HIV2, West-African Aids virus) was

discovered by Prof Montagnier and colleagues in April 1986.

Prof. Montagnier is the co-founder and president of World Foundation for AIDS

Research (UNESCO). He has been awarded numerous prizes and awards, amongst them

the Lasker Award, the Prize of Japan and the King Faisal International Prize. He

is also Commander in the Order of the Legion d'Honneur and Commander in the

National Order of Merit.

Prof. Montagnier`s expertise in Virology, Retrovirology and especially with HIV

viruses makes him an important asset to the field of ME/CFS – especially now.

Prof. Montagnier's contribution to ESME will be to act as a principle advisor to

our board and scientific panel. ESME is extremely pleased that Prof. Montagnier

has taken an interest in ME/CFS as we feel his knowledge and insights will

contribute greatly to the understanding of our complex illness.

ESME is proud to have the esteemed Prof. Montagnier as an honorary member and we

thank him for supporting us in this way.

Kind regards,

ESME Team