Robert Gallo

Robert Gallo

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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday23 March 1937 (89 years old)
Place of birthWaterbury, Connecticut, United States
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Biography

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.