Thursday, December 19, 2013

HIV infection causes immune cells to self-destruct, study says

Scientists say they have discovered a key process by which the AIDS virus kills key immune cells: It triggers a preprogrammed self-destruct sequence within the cell that is intended to alert fellow immune cells of a crisis.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/akSjaxvuwRg/la-sci-sn-hiv-infection-causes-immune-cells-to-self-destruct-study-says-20131219,0,5568318.story

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