Anti-HIV drug simulation offers 'realistic' tool to predict drug resistance and viral mutation
Sunday, September 2, 2012 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Pooling data from thousands of tests of the antiviral activity of more than 20 commonly used anti-HIV drugs, AIDS experts have developed what they say is the first accurate computer simulation to explain drug effects. Already, the model clarifies how and why some treatment regimens fail in some patients who lack evidence of drug resistance.