BLOG.SHANTIOC.ORG: HIV/AIDS and Diabetes: Minimizing Risk
Did you know that people with HIV are at least 20 times more likely to get tuberculosis than people without HIV? Experts have known for a while that HIV increases TB risk, but they’re still trying to determine exactly why. A Harvard University study may have pinpointed one reason: It compared immune cells from the lungs of HIV-positive and HIV-negative people, and found that HIV appears to elevate levels of a gene-and-protein combination that makes it much harder for the lungs to fight off TB. Researchers hope that this discovery will eventually lead to better prevention and treatment of TB in people with HIV, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
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