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HIV flushed out by cancer drug

By James Gallagher HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show. The cornerstone of treatment, anti-retroviral therapy, kills the virus in the bloodstream but leaves “HIV reservoirs” untouched. The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, showed the drug was “highly potent” at reactivating hidden HIV. Experts […]