Reason HIV Patients Develop Dementia

The life expectancy of HIV patients has significantly improved since the introduction of the combination anti-retroviral therapy in the mid-90s. As a result, long-term complications are becoming more relevant: almost every second HIV patient is affected by neurocognitive disorders, which can lead to dementia. It has not as yet been fully understood how these disorders occur. Researchers from Bochum have now successfully demonstrated that infected cells activate ...