Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!ucla-cs!Wounded.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org From: Wounded.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org (Wounded Bird) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids Subject: HIV in Brain cells Message-ID: <32365@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 27 Feb 90 14:19:09 GMT Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Organization: FidoNet node 1:135/38 - C-Board, Miami FL Lines: 8 Approved: phil@wubios.wustl.edu Copyright: Copyright 1990, Sci.med.aids. Non-profit reproduction permitted. Copyright: All other rights reserved. Archive-number: 1794 It is my understanding that the HIV virus invades brain cells. Does anyone know what it does to these cells ? Are these cells part of the immune system? I seem to recall an article in the "Smithsonian" about the interaction of immune responses with brain cells. -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!135!38!Wounded.Bird Internet: Wounded.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org