HIV drugs can also target tropical parasites, study suggests
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered that drugs used to treat HIV may also one day become lifesaving drugs targeted at parasitic diseases such as leishmaniasis and malaria. Scientists have now identified the target of action for some anti-HIV drugs with known abilities to kill serious pathogenic parasites. While scientists have long known that these HIV drugs can kill parasites, exactly how they work was previously unknown.