Cancer drug shows promise in eradicating latent HIV infection
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
Breakthrough drugs help people to live longer with HIV, but more research is needed for an actual cure. One challenge involves eradicating the virus when it is latent in the body. New research suggests the cancer drug, JQ1, may be useful in purging latent HIV infection by activating the virus in the presence of potent therapy -- essentially a dead end for the virus.