Cocaine Use Can Make Otherwise Resistant Immune Cells Susceptible to HIV

Published October 6, 2013

Cocaine use can make otherwise resistant immune cells susceptible to HIV
In many ways, the spread of HIV has been fueled by substance abuse. Shared needles and drug users' high-risk sexual behaviors are just some of the ways that narcotics such as cocaine have played a key role in the AIDS epidemic in much of the world.
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Cocaine use may increase HIV vulnerability
Sep. 30, 2013 — Cocaine use may increase one's vulnerability to HIV infection, according to a new research report published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology. In the report, scientists show that cocaine alters immune cells, called "quiescent CD4 T …
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