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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
That was really interesting. It's a little disappointing that the treatment, when given for leukemia, kills 30% of its patients, but it is a new avenue of hope.
I also wonder why there's no widespread promotion of testing to see if people have the mutation that prevents infection. And it's interesting to wonder why, as uncommon as it is, why it's more common in Northern Europeans. What was the evolutionary issue?
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I believe it was the plauge, at least based on my reading for health class in college. It was the plauge that was the ancestor of the modern day AIDS virus, and since that went through Europe, the decendents of those who survived are probably more likely to not get AIDS or to be better able at not dying from it.