Nobel Prize winner scientist, Luc Montagnier has declared that a therapeutic vaccine to restrain the spread of HIV would be developed in the coming 5 years. However, the scientists say that there is very little success with current research projects for vaccine to prevent or treat HIV infection.

One of the scientists Luc Montagnier, director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the HIV virus said that he believes there will be a therapeutic vaccine to treat it within five years.

Luc Montagnier, who is  76-years old  shares one-half of the US$1.2-million prize with 61-year-old Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, also of France, for their research on HIV. Luc Montagnier also hoped to see that a solution to AIDS infection is found during his lifetime. 

About 33 million people across the world have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

The therapeutic vaccine would be a vital progress towards fighting the virus. The vaccine would be given to people who are already infected, in order to lessen the impact of the disease. A preventative vaccine would protect people from HIV.

HIV was first identified 25 years ago. But it still poses challenge for many nations. The scientists have not been able to explain why it causes the immune system to collapse.