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Controversial US scientist who estranged scientific community by three claims:
His early scientific career was remarkable: He isolated the first cancerogenic gene from a virus at the age of 33, at 36 earned tenure at the [University of California at Berkeley]?, at 49 invited to the [National Academy of Sciences]?. His controversial hypotheses caused dwindling support and withdrawal of funds. Duesberg was forced to fund his research from charitable contributions and to move to Germany
South African President [Thabo Mbeki]? voiced support for "Duesberg hypothesis" and sufferred substantial political embarrassment as a result
Duesberg homepage: http://www.duesberg.com
Rebuttal of his theses: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/spotlight/hiv00/