Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies

Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies

Peter H. Duesberg, a renowned molecular biologist who became famous for his pioneering work on the underpinnings of cancer but infamous for his assertion, in the face of evidence to the contrary, that H.I.V. does not cause AIDS, died on Jan. 13 in Lafayette, Calif. He was 89. His death, at a care facility near his home in Oakland, was from kidney failure, his wife, Sigrid Duesberg, said. In the late 1960s, when scientists had little understandin…

Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned HIV Denialist, Dies

Peter H. Duesberg, a renowned molecular biologist who became famous for his pioneering work on the underpinnings of cancer but infamous for his assertion, in the face of evidence to the contrary, that HIV does not cause AIDS, died on…