Study at University has revealed that drugs used for HIV virus and AIDS treatment can help fight loss of vision. Research conducted on mice shows that a widely-used class of antiretroviral drugs (NRTI) used against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are also effective against macular degeneration, an age-related eye disease. The University of Kentucky researchers found that the NRTI drugs neutralize a protein pathway called the "inflammasome," helping ...Friday 21 November 2014
Vision Loss can be Stopped With Help of HIV Drugs
Study at University has revealed that drugs used for HIV virus and AIDS treatment can help fight loss of vision. Research conducted on mice shows that a widely-used class of antiretroviral drugs (NRTI) used against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are also effective against macular degeneration, an age-related eye disease. The University of Kentucky researchers found that the NRTI drugs neutralize a protein pathway called the "inflammasome," helping ...
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