All eukaryotic cells have within them a variety of different structures called organelles. Organelles are small and function much like organs function in a large organism. Some organelles are responsible for gathering cell energy, others for controlling cell activities.Note-although this organelle is also found animal cells, the vacuoles from plant cells are drastically bigger and play a much more important role in the processes of the cell.
HIV crossed from chimps to humans in the 1920's in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was probably as a result of chimps carrying the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), a virus closely related to HIV, being hunted and eaten by people living in the area.
Chimpanzee Human Disease. It is amazing and exciting to see how closely related we are to chimpanzees; however, many chimpanzees face the threat of human disease due to this striking similarity. A chimpanzee can catch most of our human diseases because their bodies are very similar to ours.