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HIV triggers the 'opposite of cancer' in the brain

Study unpicks how AIDS causes dementia.

A study showing how HIV could prevent the brain from making new neurons offers an explanation for why some AIDS patients get dementia — and suggests a possible treatment.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on August 15, 2007
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Is there an hypotheses to explain why dementia is afflicting 10-30% of people with HIV? Is it associated with a particular isoform of the virus? In which way antiretroviral drugs have an effect on dementia?

Posted by: Giacomo | August 20, 2007 07:52 PM

AIDS is not prevent. It is caused by dementia.

Posted by: Chan | September 15, 2007 09:50 AM

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