AIDS Drugs May Help Against Cancer, Too
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A drug widely used to treat H.I.V. infection may also be effective in fighting cancer, a new study suggests, and a human trial of the medicine is already under way.
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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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December 13, 2004 -- Researchers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ, have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a medical journal report.
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Taking AIDS drugs exactly as  prescribed is the best way to prevent the virus from mutating  and becoming resistant to those drugs, researchers said on  Thursday.
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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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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Statin drugs that lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus. Statins alone given to HIV-infected patients suppress the virus.
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A new class of HIV drugs will help doctors treat patients who have become resistant to treatment.
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New studies are raising questions about whether drugs that have been used by millions of cancer patients might actually be harming them.
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A naturally occurring molecule saves vital immune system cells from cellular suicide during the onslaught of the AIDS virus and might help keep the body's natural defenses working in HIV-infected people, a study found.
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Small victories are being won against  the AIDS virus, experts said on Wednesday as a report showed  that 10 times more people in Africa are getting life-saving HIV  drugs than did three years ago, but overall most people who  need treatment are still not getting it.
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An experimental treatment that harnesses the immune system to attack tumors can extend the lives of men fighting advanced prostate cancer, according to a study released Wednesday.
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A pill that starves tumors of their  blood supply can help patients live longer, without adding to  some of the worst effects of chemotherapy, researchers reported  on Thursday.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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The drugmakers' alliance will benefit both the companies and HIV patients.
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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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The workplace may be the best setting for millions of people with HIV and AIDS to be administered drugs that could extend their lives, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Friday.
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SATURDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used as part of a regimen to treat HIV also appears to kill cancer cells, researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute report.