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Tag: Origins

  • The ABCs of Life on Earth

    The ABCs of Life on Earth

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    Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, WrocÅ‚aw University of Science and Technology, and the Polish Academy of Science, have challenged the popular RNA World hypothesis regarding the origin of life on Earth. The work, published in Nature, supports a mixed RNA/DNA model which could…

  • How old is HIV? The United Kingdom and HIV/AIDS research

    How old is HIV? The United Kingdom and HIV/AIDS research

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    The discovery of a viral cause for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1983 by Françoise Barré-Sinoussi at the Pasteur Institute in Paris marked a major achievement in scientific and LGBTQ+ history. In May 1986, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses gave it its current name: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV/AIDS ravaged the gay community…