HIV-1 Damages Gut Antibody-producing Immune Cells Within Days Of Infection
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 07:28
in Health & Medicine
The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow". But new research suggests that HIV-1 is anything but -- moving at breathtaking speed in destroying and dysregulating the body's gut-based B-cell antibody-producing system.