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HIV Immunity Gene Found In Rhesus Monkeys

Posted by timothy on from the hogging-it-all-to-themselves dept.

Stile 65 writes "According to the BBC, the National Institute for Medical Research has isolated a gene in rhesus monkeys that makes them immune to HIV. Amazingly, 'only a single change to the human [version of the] gene is needed to enable it to block HIV infection.' It's a very different approach to treating HIV infection from the potential vaccine developed in Brazil and described earlier on Slashdot."

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  1. Re:Please don't let this be a hoax. by PapaBoojum · · Score: 3, Funny

    And please let it work on humans. Also, it'd be nice if it didn't have unforeseen longterm effects.

    Recipients of the vaccine may develop the following side effects:
    * An intense desire for bananas.
    * Repeated urges to hurl their own feces at fellow primates (even when its NOT an election year).

  2. health food? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

    who would have thought that all this time, people could have been eating rhesus phesus as a cure?

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  3. The cure for HIV by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is Rhesus peices.

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