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 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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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.
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Some experts are recommending that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other diseases.
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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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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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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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PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a published report.
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A food extract could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug, research suggests.
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The AIDS virus has hideouts deep in the immune system that today's drugs can't reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses Â and they're exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key to break in.
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Cancer cells often have a way of  outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers  said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut  down a tumor&#39;s backup plan, resulting in much more effective  treatments.
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, opening up new potential targets for drugs.
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Researchers have hit on what may be an inexpensive way to prevent death from infections in children with HIV until anti-retroviral drugs become affordable in the developing world.
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The drugmakers' alliance will benefit both the companies and HIV patients.
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Sept. 14, 2004 -- Marijuana&#39;s active ingredient may form the basis for new antiviral drugs that fight cancer-causing herpes viruses.
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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 study of six AIDS patients has revealed that statins can reduce levels of HIV and boost immune cell numbers. If the results can be repeated in large-scale trials, it&#39;s hoped that statins could provide an alternative to standard HIV treatments.