Acne drug prevents HIV breakout
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating.
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