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The AIDS virus that vanished

By Stephen Ornes / March 18, 2013

This photo shows HIV infecting a T-cell, which usually fights off infections in the human body. Credit: NIH/NIAID

Strong medicine may have rid a newborn of deadly HIV

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS, Boston, Daniel Kuritzkes, epidemiology, getinvolved, Harvard Medical School, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, infection, infectious virus, Mississippi, topstories, vertical transmission, viral cure, virus

DNA hints at ancient cousins

By Roberta Kwok / August 17, 2012

By analyzing the DNA of some modern-day Africans, scientists have found that our ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species thousands of years ago. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans

Posted in Ancient Times | Tagged Africans, Cameroon, DNA, getinvolved, Hadza, Harvard Medical School, hominids, Homo sapiens sapiens, Joseph Pickrell, modern humans, Neandertals, Pygmies, Sandawe, Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania