Can an experimental drug developed to treat epilepsy block the AIDS virus? A preliminary lab study suggests it’s possible, and researchers are eager to try it in people.
...The new work provides evidence that HIV enters these cells but fails to produce a full-blown infection, and in response the cells trigger a lethal attack on themselves by the immune system.
It’s “more of a suicide than a murder,” Greene said. “I believe this is the major mechanism through which CD4 cells are depleted, which is the hallmark of AIDS.”
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...The new work provides evidence that HIV enters these cells but fails to produce a full-blown infection, and in response the cells trigger a lethal attack on themselves by the immune system.
It’s “more of a suicide than a murder,” Greene said. “I believe this is the major mechanism through which CD4 cells are depleted, which is the hallmark of AIDS.”
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