Acne drug prevents HIV breakout
Date: 24.3.2010
Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive **antibiotic** in use since the 1970s for treating **acne** effectively targets infected immune cells in which **HIV**, the **virus** that causes **AIDS**, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating.
The drug, minocycline, likely will improve on the current treatment regimens of HIV-infected patients if used in combination with a standard drug cocktail known as HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy), according to research published now online and appearing in print April 15 in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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