Robert Gallo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1937-03-23

Place of Birth

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Robert Gallo

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.