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T-cell loss in HIV explained
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011212-02
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It has been widely held that HIV depletes its primary target, CD4+ T cells, by blocking new T-cell production. But two independent studies published in December 17 and November 5 of Journal of Experimental Medicine show now that HIV does not block such production, but instead accelerates the division of existing T cells.
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