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Old viruses, new life: Ancient genes inherited from viruses are crucial to human development

Viruses are not just dangerous invaders. Ancient viral legacy is likely key to early human development.

Ancient retrovirus may make some people more prone to addiction

The study hints to evidence for a physical cause of addiction.

Valuable Viruses – ancient infections essential to human development

According to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, human cellular development appears to depend on the actions of genetic material left over from ancient viral infections.

First documented case of child cured of HIV

In what may very well become a historic day, Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University described the first documented case of a child cured of HIV. Dr. Persaud, an amfAR grantee, detailed the case of a two-year-old child in Mississippi diagnosed with HIV at birth; the child was immediately put on antiretroviral therapy for […]

Koalas in peril of extinction, due to habitat loss and an AIDS-like virus

The koala population has been going down for quite some while now, mostly due to habitat loss and the lack of laws to protect them, but now it seems they have a really, REALLY big problem. It’s recently been reported that koalas from the Queensland area (and not only) are dying from the spread of […]