Study: genetic factor in AIDS - more important than thought


	Study: genetic factor in AIDS - more important than thought

hudgal1

10-21-2007 4:41 PM

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aids, genes, immunology

hudgal1 says:

"A gene switches an otherwise benign infection to a lethal one." An interesting study on one of the worst plagues of our era.

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 Variations in two key genes help determine how swiftly an individual infected with HIV progresses to AIDS, according to a study published on Sunday in the journal <I>Nature Immunology</I>.
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The finding challenges quarter-century-old wisdom that what chiefly drives the advance to AIDS is "viral load," the amount of HIV in the blood, whose relentless rise bludgeons the <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="4164635">immune system</A>, the researchers say.
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							Instead, they argue, the situation is more complex.
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.physorg.com/news112195799.html"><DIV>An individual's genetic profile can greatly affect replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as the body's response to the intruder.
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