Potential AIDS cure discovered

[LightBulb]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

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.

Good to know. I had thought that the Plague was a bacterial disease, not a virus.

In response to the OP: awesome! That's really exciting.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

Good to know. I had thought that the Plague was a bacterial disease, not a virus.

In response to the OP: awesome! That's really exciting.

It was probably both, I know that pneumonia is, or can be. And yeah that's awesome if they really have a cure.