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Researchers have recently found an interesting group of people that are either partially or completely immune to HIV. A gene mutation that has been passed down since the time of the Black Plague in the 1600s makes people now immune to the virus that causes AIDS.

PBS: Immunity from Black Plague linked to Immunity to HIV

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This entry was posted on Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 11:57 pm
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