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Yes, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi received a Nobel prize in the first decade of the 21st century. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008, together with Luc Montagnier and Harald zur Hausen, for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This was a major breakthrough in the understanding of HIV/AIDS, and led to the development of treatments that have saved millions of lives.