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HIV SUBTYPE PREDICTS LIKELIHOOD OF RAPID DEATH FROM AIDS
Johns Hopkins scientists say an infected person s HIV subtype is a better predictor than viral load for determining rapid death from AIDS. Traditional testing standards help monitor the progression of an HIV infection to AIDS by keeping track of viral load, using a scale in which less than 50 viral particles per cubic milliliter of blood is considered suppressed disease and a viral load of more than 75,000 particles per cubic milliliter of blood means that the disease will progress more rapidly.

GENETIC NETWORK GUARDS AGAINST LETHAL DNA DAMAGE
The discovery in yeast cells of a genetic network that guards against lethal DNA damage is a first step in the creation of a database of disease causing combinations of mutated human genes, according to researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine led by Jef. D. Boeke, Ph.D. In a report in the March 10 issue of Cell, the Hopkins team described a genetic network that is necessary for ensuring genomic stability in yeast. This study also identified previously unrecognized genes critical for maintaining DNA integrity and novel functions for well known genes.

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