Genmutation behind HIV immunity is thousands of years old

A variant of the CCR5 gene stands behind several HIV cures and caused a scandal because of the first genetically manipulated children in 2018.

A millenary genetic mutation. A young (and deadly) virus of just a century. The connection between the two looks like a chimera. But they exist thanks to a man who lived in an area near the Black Sea about 9,000 years ago. He was the first known person who developed natural protection against HIV.Continue reading...