Rolling Stone reports that The Offspring's frontman Dexter Holland graduated from USC recently with a Ph.D in molecular biology. Holland wrote a 175-page dissertation on "the molecular dynamics of HIV and general virus/host interactions." Holland began working on his PhD in the early 90s, but took an extended break to focus his energies on The Offspring.
Holland released the following statement: "My research focused on the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. I am interested in virology and wanted to contribute in some small way to the knowledge which has been learned about HIV and AIDS. This terrible disease remains a worldwide epidemic – over 35 million people worldwide are currently infected and living with the HIV virus. Over 1 million people a year die from this disease.
I believe that by adding to the vast amount of information that we've learned about HIV in the last 30 years or so, we'll get there. Toward that end, I'm going to continue to do research, and you'll probably see some of my research papers get published here and there over the next few years."
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