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MOVIE 1. Mystery of the Black Death
1. What background led Dr. O'Brien to study the possibility of an inherited immunity to the Black Death?
2. What did he discover about the English town of Eyam that helped advance his research?
3. What was O'brien's hypothesis?
4. What are CCR5 and Delta-32, respectively?
5. What information did Dr. O'Brien need to support his hypothesis?
6. Approximately when did Delta-32 appear? Is it spread evenly around the world? If not, why not and where is it found?
7. What was the difference between a homozygous individual and a heterozygous individual in terms of the disease?
8. What is the connection between the historical resistance to the plague and the modern-day threat of AIDS?
9. How was this connection discovered?