Cocaine use may increase HIV vulnerability

Monday, September 30, 2013 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Cocaine use may increase one's vulnerability to HIV infection, according to a new research. In the report, scientists show that cocaine alters immune cells, called "quiescent CD4 T cells," to render them more susceptible to the virus, and at the same time, to allow for increased proliferation of the virus.

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