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==Physiology and medicine== * February 3 β Dr. [[John Buster]] and the research team at [[Harbor-UCLA Medical Center]] announce history's first [[embryo transfer]] from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. * April 22 β Dr. [[Robert Gallo]] and [[Margaret Heckler]] of [[United States Public Health Service]] announce the discovery of [[HIV|HTLV-III]] as the virus that causes [[AIDS]]. * May 10 β [[Barbara H. Bowman]] and [[Oliver Smithies]] show that variations in [[haptoglobin]]s are due to [[genetic polymorphism]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Nobuyo|last1=Maeda|first2=Funmei|last2=Yang|first3=Don R.|last3=Barnett|first4=Barbara H.|last4=Bowman|first5=Oliver|last5=Smithies|title=Duplication within the haptoglobin Hp 2 gene|journal=Nature|volume=309|issue=5964|pages=131β135|year=1984|doi=10.1038/309131a0|pmid=6325933|bibcode=1984Natur.309..131M|s2cid=4368535 }}</ref>
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