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OUR BODIES, OUR MINDS Cont. HLA for short). This portion of the sixth human chromosome is the site of the so-called immune response genes. About tuo-thirds of the Gay men in New York with Kaposi's had the HLA antigen DRS, ordinarily present in only of the population.

Eight of 15 Gay men wore found to have lover T cell subset ration than normal. Soven of the 8 vore anyl nitrite users. Six of the 7 non-users had normal ratios. The differences lasted six months. Does syl nitrite alter the immune system and contribute to AIDS?

One intriguing lato late-breaking finding is that antibody to sperm has beenfound to cross-react with helper T cells. Many patients with Kaposi's carcoma have total or neartotal lack of sperm. Is it possible that the antibody which eliminated the sparn also decreased the number of T cells?

Difficult questions on a difficult and complex subject. New developments are popping up rapidly, and I'll try to keep you up-to-date on

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