Sunday, December 26, 2010

German find new AIDS drugs

22 German scientists announced they found the AIDS virus can kill a peptide substances, and side effects than existing anti-HIV drugs is even smaller.
 
University Hospital in Hanover, Germany, researchers found that this peptide for the VIR-576, is a protein that can be attached to human cells stop AIDS virus to kill the virus.
After a start of 18 AIDS patients tested, the results are published in the United States, "Science into Medicine" magazine.
Hannover University Hospital, E · scientists Reinhold Schmidt said: "This is a new therapy, we hope that it will reduce the side effects ... ... The peptides act on the virus, rather than cells, so some side effects will not happen. "
Since the last century, since the mid-90s, Kang Yiyao thing by protecting human cells against viral method of treatment of AIDS.
Current HIV treatment effective, but will increase the risk of stroke and liver damage. German researchers tested show, VIR-576 can cause diarrhea, but did not find any other obvious side effects.

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