Apoptosis in AIDS
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Lymphocyte activation results in programmed cell death in HIV-infected people rather than in cell proliferation as it does in healthy individuals. This finding may account for the defects and depletion of CD4 cells that leads to the immune system depression associated with HIV.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Life with 482 genes
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Researchers have completed the sequencing of the M. genitalium genome, which has a length of only 580 kilobases. The organism has one of the smallest known genomes, and its sequence may be least number of gene needed to sustain life.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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