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Feb. 12th, 2004 01:31 pmBlack Death (the plague) is Not the Reason for Anti-HIV Gene Mutation
-Basically there's a gene mutation that makes people less susceptible to getting HIV; this was thought to be a by-product of the black plague (same attack site/receptors in the cells) but it now appears not to be the case. Still pretty cool because it indicates some potential target areas for future medical work.
"It turns out that the CCR5 mutation does not protect against Yersinia infection, the cause of the plague...it is more likely that the mutation increased in prevalence as the result of smallpox epidemics."
The End of a 300-Year Journey
- excavated french ship in american waters
Comparing Apples and Oranges (yanked from darktouch)
http://www.inno-vet.com/articles/1999/0599/52.htm
-Basically there's a gene mutation that makes people less susceptible to getting HIV; this was thought to be a by-product of the black plague (same attack site/receptors in the cells) but it now appears not to be the case. Still pretty cool because it indicates some potential target areas for future medical work.
"It turns out that the CCR5 mutation does not protect against Yersinia infection, the cause of the plague...it is more likely that the mutation increased in prevalence as the result of smallpox epidemics."
The End of a 300-Year Journey
- excavated french ship in american waters
Comparing Apples and Oranges (yanked from darktouch)
http://www.inno-vet.com/articles/1999/0599/52.htm
