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  • Ancient Trade-Off May Explain Why Humans Get HIV

    06/22/2007 5:32:35 PM PDT · by blam · 12 replies · 604+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 6-21-2007 | Roxanne Khamsi
    Ancient trade-off may explain why humans get HIV 19:00 21 June 2007 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi A protein that protected our human ancestors against a virus that ravaged other primates may now be responsible for our susceptibility to HIV, a new study suggests. The discovery could help scientists predict which viruses found in other species are most likely to cross over and lethally infect humans. The idea that early humans had an immune system that differed from other primates first came about after biologists sequenced the chimp genome. The chimp sequence contains 130 copies of a virus called Pan...
  • Cell Protein Gives Monkeys Innate Immunity to H.I.V., Researchers Discover

    02/25/2004 10:05:58 PM PST · by neverdem · 2 replies · 185+ views
    NY Times ^ | February 26, 2004 | GINA KOLATA
    Scientists have discovered that monkey cells have innate protection against infection with the human AIDS virus, a clue that may help explain why some people are susceptible to certain viral infections while others are not. The finding, reported in today's issue of the journal Nature, offers one of the first concrete examples of what researchers call an intracellular system of innate immunity and may open the door to the development of new antiviral therapies, the scientists said. The monkeys were protected from the virus by a mechanism that resides within cells and that is independent of the antibodies and white...