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>"extremely rare delta 32 mutation...delta 32 mutation is extremely rare...limitations on delta 32 bone marrow donors" What is your definition of "extremely ra

• Diggity 9y ago
  1% of Caucasian population (http://genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news13 http://genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news13)
  • asdfaefasdf 9y ago
    That's actually about 2x the population of the US with HIV. Relatively speaking, it's not that rare comparatively.
    • Diggity 9y ago
      If bone marrow donations for all caucasians were mandatory I would agree.
    • deleted 9y ago
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    • dm319 9y ago
      You also need them to be an HLA match as well as being on the bone marrow transplant register.
• forthefuture 9y ago
  1% of people have the mutation[1]. 25 million people are registered to donate bone marrow internationally[2]. That statistically represents 250,000 total cures available worldwide for the 36.7 million HIV sufferers[3]. Not taking into account the other ailments bone marrow transfers cure. [1] http://genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news13 http://genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news13 [2] https://bethematch.org/news/news-releases/international-marrow-donor-registries-reach-25-million-potential-donors--give-hope-to-searching-blood-cancer-patients-around-the-world/ https://bethematch.org/news/news-releases/international-marr... [3] https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/glob...
• adenadel 9y ago
  According to Wikipedia (without a citation) "CCR5 Δ32 has an (heterozygote) allele frequency of 10% in Europe, and a homozygote frequency of 1%."