Monocyte turnover predicts speed and severity of AIDS and onset of brain disease

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

An increase in the release of monocytes from bone marrow into the bloodstream predicts how rapidly AIDS develops in monkeys and the magnitude of monocyte turnover correlates with the severity of brain disease in AIDS, Boston College researchers report in the current edition of the online journal PLoS Pathogens.

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