Notes from the life of a bioinformatician
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Various outlets report that a chimpanzee virus, SIVcpz, is the most likely progenitor for HIV. Interesting to see how headline writers summarise the news:
BBC Science News: HIV origin ‘found in wild chimps’
The Guardian: Hunt for HIV origin ends
ABC Sci-Tech: Chimp poo reveals AIDS origins: research
Update
I emailed ABC news to enquire about their headline writing policy. They were good enough to reply and tell me that “the headline (and your subsequent email) generated quite a lot of discussion among members of the production team”. Ultimately their aim is to write headlines that lure readers, which is fair enough.
I find news websites very responsive to reader comment on the whole, so I encourage people to participate if they have an issue with a story.
