michael@ucbiris.berkeley.edu (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954]) (07/30/86)
"Analysis of the molecular structure of AIDS virus DNA shows it mutates
up to a 1,000,000 times faster than the standard mutation rate for DNA
from other organisms. The high rate of mutation, the researchers [Hahn
& colleagues, June 20 Science] suggest, could be what allows the AIDS
virus to escape attack by the immune system."
-- Science News, June 28, 1986
michael@ucbiris.berkeley.edu michael%ucbiris@berkeley.arpa
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