Science News Online (11/7/98): References for New Drug Keeps HIV Out of Cells

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Currently approved HIV drugs wait for the virus to start trouble inside a cell before springing into action, but a promising new drug stops the virus from invading immune cells in the first place.

References:

Kilby, J.M., et al. 1998. Potent suppression of HIV-1 replication in humans by T-20, a peptide inhibitor of gp41-mediated virus entry. Nature Medicine 4(November):1302.

Richman, D.D. 1998. Nailing down another HIV target. Nature Medicine 4(November):1232.

Further Readings:

Smaglik, P. 1997. Flue and HIV wield common viral harpoon. Science News 151(April 26):252.

Sources:

J. Michael Kilby
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Department of Medicine
908 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-2050

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p. 292.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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