Posted by
samzenpus
on from the super-soldier dept.
Trokair writes "China Daily reports that researcher Tuofu Zhu has discovered two women in an HIV Research program that are immune to the disorder via a mutant gene."
Re:Spontaneous mutation?
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Anonymous Coward
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Yes you are right. For years they have known of a handfull of people that are immune to the HIV. Some prostitutes who had sex with hundreds of partners some with HIV were fine. It perplexed doctors and still does. They also linked immunity in some northern europeans to a response to the black plague. Interesting stuff, but its been known about for some 10 years and still no cure.
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Yes you are right. For years they have known of a handfull of people that are immune to the HIV. Some prostitutes who had sex with hundreds of partners some with HIV were fine. It perplexed doctors and still does. They also linked immunity in some northern europeans to a response to the black plague. Interesting stuff, but its been known about for some 10 years and still no cure.
I remember reading somewhere that this same mutated gene also rendered people resistant to the plague. Time to dig up the article.
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