"Irish Scientist Discovers New Strain of AIDS Virus"

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Grace McCormack, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland, has discovered a new strain of HIV while researching blood samples from Malawi that date back to the early 1980s. Because the strain seems to have died out, it could help scientists find a vaccine for HIV. There are nine known strains of HIV, but this strain has not been seen in blood samples from the 1990s. McCormick says that the researchers have applied for funding to learn more about the new HIV strain.

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