Acyclovir Herpes Drug Slows HIV, But You Still Won't Want To Take It
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 17:56
in Health & Medicine
The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week's JBC. This beneficial effect does pose a risk though, as HIV-infected cells treated with acyclovir promote the emergence of multi-drug resistant HIV variants. read more
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