AIDS drug shows potential as weapon against cancer
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A drug used to treat people infected  with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future  weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don&#39;t use a condom.
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AIDS drugs that work through novel mechanisms and next-generation versions of existing drugs will soon offer new options for the growing number of patients whose disease no longer responds to current drugs.
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US researchers have found a way to use an antibiotic to correct a flaw in cancer cells that allows them to avoid the normal death process.
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HIV can dodge destruction by powerful antiretroviral drugs by hiding out in the testicles, scientists say.
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A protein produced by immune cells could lead to more effective treatments for HIV, researchers believe.
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A gene that may help block the AIDS virus from getting into cells seems to protect some people from the deadly and incurable infection, researchers said on Thursday.
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A  discovery could lead to drugs to treat a 'forgotten' tropical disease, scientists hope.
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A theory that an antiviral drug used to treat AIDS may also be used to prevent it will be put to the test in San Francisco and Atlanta this month, when enrollment of 400 gay men will begin for the US arm of an international HIV prevention study.
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Anti-retroviral drugs have been so effective at treating HIV that researchers are now exploring whether they can perform double duty
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The emergence of new and improved drugs, genetic engineering and the ancient surgical practice of circumcision are the latest weapons in the fight against AIDS, the International AIDS Society conference was told on Tuesday.
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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A drug that helps prevent babies from catching the AIDS virus at birth can also protect them while nursing, researchers reported on Monday.
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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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The world's leading drugmakers are  racing to be first to market with a new kind of pill that can  block the AIDS virus before it enters human cells, experts said  on Wednesday.
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A combination of two experimental AIDS drugs can help control the deadly virus in people who are infected with highly resistant forms, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.