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Study shows HIV speeds up body’s aging processes soon after infection
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Study shows HIV speeds up body’s aging processes soon after infection

by Enrique Rivero, University of California, Los Angeles HIV-infected people showed significant age acceleration in four epigenetic “clock” measurements, ranging from 1.9 to 4.8 years, an acceleration that was not seen in non-infected people. (Image: An immune cell infected with HIV.). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) HIV has an “early and...