as Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV
2009Birthday
1937-03-23Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, United StatesBiography
Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.