
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 24, 1993                   TAG: 9306240134
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

HIV MAY ALSO ATTACK IMMUNE-CELL PRODUCTION

The AIDS virus may not only destroy certain immune-system cells. It also may hamper the body's attempts to produce them, research on mice suggested.

Infected mice showed rapid loss of cells that were maturing into T cells, a key component of the immune system, said the researchers from SyStemix Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., and elsewhere.

Other researchers said the work confirms conclusions of previous studies.

by CNB