The History and Future of a Single Mutation

The CCR5delta32 confers resistance to HIV. Where did it come from? We are edging into an age of precision medicine, where the causes of our maladies will be known in molecular detail, allowing treatments that address them at the root. Given the parlous state of medicine today, in the midst of financial breakdown and a continued mediocre level of basic diagnosis , it is hard to believe this is a…