Herpes drug acyclovir also suppresses HIV in herpes-infected tissue
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
The drug acyclovir, used successfully for decades to suppress outbreaks of oral and genital herpes, also can directly suppress HIV-1 in tissues already infected with a herpesvirus, researchers have discovered. The finding opens the way for the development of a new type of anti-HIV drug based on acyclovir.