Twin U.S. studies unlock mystery of how HIV causes AIDS

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Twin U.S. studies unlock mystery of how HIV causes AIDS

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twin-u-studies-unlock-mystery-hiv-causes-aids-200253324.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qRKQ6V1kF5hNwCdJpo.pAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-19T200253Z_1_CBRE9BI1JOV00_RTROPTP_2_GREECE-DRUGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A drug user gives blood sample for a HIV test inside a clinic in Athens" align="left" title="A drug user gives blood sample for a HIV test inside a clinic in Athens" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have discovered the basic mechanisms that allow HIV to wipe out the body's immune system and cause AIDS, which could lead to new approaches to treatment and research for a cure for the disease that affects 35 million people around the world. Instead of actively killing immune system cells known as CD4 T cells, much of the damage done by HIV occurs when the virus tries to invade these cells and fails, triggering an innate immune response that causes the cells to self-destruct in a fiery kind of cell suicide known as pyroptosis. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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