Posted on 02/19/2010 4:51:16 PM PST by cajuncow
LONDON (Reuters) Italian scientists said on Friday they had found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.
They found more than 400 different mutations in 139 genes that play a role in people's risk of catching viruses -- a finding that may also help explain why some people sail through flu season unscathed while others seem to catch every bug around.
Researchers from the Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milan University and the Politecnico di Milano analysed the genomes of 52 populations from different parts of the world with exposure to a wide range of viruses over 200,000 years of human evolution.
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Here’s my favorite example of parasite changing host behaviour.
http://www.damninteresting.com/a-fluke-of-nature
Cheers!
(Dey kebt peeble from breedig who had lots ob colds...?)
Thanks for the refer.
But after a week or so of flu/virus/east coast allergy, I’m not so sure ‘snot bots’ are limited to the deer population.
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Thanks cajuncow. I believe something has been posted about this, but no matter, keep 'em coming. |
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thanks GW
Thanks for the ping!
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