Now, that is fascinating!
Apparently, two women in China have been found with a gene that makes them "immune" to HIV. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/01/content_379267.htm"… article on ChinaDaily.com</a>, these are the first two people in China, and possibly Asia, found with this kind of mutant gene. Apparently, this gene has been found in Caucasians, but not n Asians before this. That bit made me stop for a second, too. Until this article, I don't recall reading anything about an immunity to HIV/AIDS. Of course, it makes sense that there should be, but I'd never read about it before. How fascinating.... I wonder how future generations will see the thousands of deaths related to HIV. Will it seem like the Black Plague to them? Something horrible that happened in "olden times"? In a science-ficition setting, that kind of thinking or detail could add a whole bunch of realism, at least for me it would. Something to think about the next time you're describing a far-future classroom.
Anyway, it's an interesting article, so go take a look!
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