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In an excellent interview published in the journal Science on December 24, 2010, French virologist Professor Luc Montagnier, who co-discovered the 2008 Nobel Prize, describes his new work as an introduction to homoeopathy.
Montagnier, who is also the founder and president of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, made the following statement on homoeopathy and homoeopathic dosage: “I cannot say that homoeopathy is correct in every way. What I can say right now is that high dilution is right. A high dilution of something is nothing. They are water structures that mimic the original molecules.”
In a study published in 2009, Montagnier showed that some bacterial DNA sequences were able to induce electromagnetic waves, even at high dilutions above 10^18. This study makes an important contribution to the growing evidence base in basic research directly related to homoeopathy.
Montagnier will lead a new institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and plans to study the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves produced by DNA dilution in water. His research team will study the theoretical basis and its possible applications in medicine.
In the interview, Montagnier said he could not continue the investigation in France because he did not have any funding there. Due to French retirement laws, he is not allowed to work in public institutions. But there is another reason. When he asked for funding from other sources, they were turned down. In Europe, Montagne believes there is a fear surrounding the issue.
In this regard, he mentions Dr Jacques Benveniste, a French medical scientist who studies homoeopathic dosages. Montagnier saw him as a “modern Galileo”: “Ben Veniste was shunned by the world because he was so far ahead of his time. He lost everything, his laboratory, his money… I think he’s basically right, but the problem is that the results aren’t 100% reproducible…I’ve been told that there are people who replicate Benveniste’s results but are afraid to publish due to intellectual terrorism of people who don’t understand them. “
Montagnier is not worried that his colleagues will think he has turned to pseudoscience. He answered flatly: “No because this is not pseudoscience. This is not quackery. They are real phenomena that deserve further study.”
