Rutgers Strikes Blow Against AIDS
This is just wonderful news in the battle against AIDS:
Researchers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a medical journal report.
The drugs, called DAPYs, mimic the virus by changing shape, which enables them to interfere with the way HIV attacks the immune system.
The treatment is administered with one daily pill that has minimal side effects. It appears to inhibit reverse transcriptase thereby stopping the AIDS virus from being able to reproduce in the human body.
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What an encouraging development! I don't see the word "cure" in the article anywhere, but it seems to be what they're talking about.
Posted by: Phil Bowermaster![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.blog.speculist.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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December 14, 2004 05:44 PM
Phil:
No, they didn't say "cure." But in this version of the story they came close:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041212.waids1212/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/
“Reverse transcriptase is very important in the biology of AIDS,” Dr. Smith said. “If you can really inhibit reverse transcriptase, you can stop AIDS.”
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“We're onto something very, very special,” Dr. Arnold said.
“...We may eventually win the war against HIV/AIDS. That would be an extremely rewarding and satisfying outcome,” Dr. Arnold said.
Er...yeah.
Posted by: Stephen Gordon![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.blog.speculist.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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December 14, 2004 06:48 PM