AIDS Interferes With Stem Cells In The Brain, Innovations-report Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: Discovery links mechanism for HIV/AIDS dementia, possibly other neurological disorders, with known cancer 'checkpoint' pathway. A prominent problem in AIDS is a form of dementia that robs one's ability to concentrate and perform normal movements. Scientists (...) have discovered how HIV/AIDS disrupts the normal replication of stem cells in the adult brain, preventing new nerve cells from forming. (...) uncovered a novel molecular mechanism that inhibits stem cell proliferation and that could possibly be triggered in other neurodegenerative diseases as well. (...)