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HIV/AIDS
Researchers from University of California describe findings in HIV/AIDS
September 23rd, 2008
"From the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, stress has been a suspected contributor to the wide variation seen in disease progression, and some evidence supports this idea. Not all individuals respond to a stressor in the same way, however, and little is known about the biological mechanisms by which variations in individuals' responses to their environment affect disease-relevant immunologic processes," scientists in the United States report. "Using the simian immunodeficiency virus/rhesus macaque model of AIDS, we explored how personality (Sociability) and genotype (serotonin transporter promoter) independently interact with social context (Stable or Unstable social...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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