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New HIV inhibitor

Drug blocks the most resistant forms of the virus from replicating

By Ashley Yeager

- More than 2 years ago

A new HIV drug can, when combined with other therapies, suppress even the most drug-resistant strains of the virus that causes AIDS, scientists report in two papers in the July 24 New England Journal of Medicine.

A new drug can, with other therapies, suppress the most drug-resistant strains of the virus.
HINDERING HIV This illustration shows the chemical makeup of the new HIV drug raltegravir.