T-cell infected with HIV (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

T-cell infected with HIV

Caption

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)

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