16

August
2007

New Study on HIV-Associated Dementia

category: Dafé’s Café - Daily Dose of Medical News,MyDocHub
by Dafé,

Study highlights the damaging effects of the AIDS virus to the brain:

A new study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, indicates that the AIDS virus damages the brain in two ways, by not only killing brain cells but by preventing the birth of new cells. While it is less common in people taking drug cocktails to suppress the virus, it still allows for a “secret reservoir” of the virus in the brain.

HIV-associated dementia, can cause confusion, sleep disturbances and memory loss in people infected with the virus. Researcher Marcus Kaul, said: “The HIV protein both causes brain injury and prevents its repair.”

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