- The BBC reports that pilots in the southern-African country
of Botswana have 'reacted angrily' to new regulations that mean they could
face the sack if they are infected with the human-immune-deficiency virus
(HIV) which leads to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
of which many millions of people have already died throughout southern
Africa.
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- LINK to original BBC-story:
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- http://news.bbc.couk/2/hi/africa/6950240.stm
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- HIV Triggers Dementia, Memory Deficits - US
Research
- 8-16-7
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- The BBC also reports that 'it was already known that
a protein on the surface of the human-immune-deficiency virus could kill
off mature brain cells. But the latest study shows it also prevents the
production of replacements by crippling cells with the potential to step
in and take their place.
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- The University of California at San Diego study appears
in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Keith Alcorn, senior editor of the HIV information
service NAM, said:
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- "The discovery that HIV affects stem cell proliferation
in the brain is bound to add to concerns that people with HIV doing well
on antiretroviral therapy may nevertheless face a higher risk of dementia
in years to come."
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- LINK to original BBC story:
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6944255.st
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