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Genetic HIV Resistance Deciphered

Posted by michael on from the mutations-deemed-useful dept.

hexed_2050 writes "Researchers have pin-pointed the reason why some people have a greater immunity, or in some cases, total immunity to the HIV virus. They credit a genetic defect that can be traced back to Europeans in the middle ages."

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  1. I am a vampire by JamesP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have no blood, your insensitive clod...

    Anyway, only old people have AIDS

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