Transplant Drug Sirolimus May Help Eliminate Lingering HIV infections
UCSF Transplant Surgery - April 01, 2014
"Researchers studying the effects of immune suppressant drugs on transplant patients with HIV have made a surprising discovery: A drug intended to hobble the body's defense system may actually help destroy dormant reservoirs of the virus that causes AIDS In a paper published this week in the American Journal of Transplantation, authors found that when a small group of transplant patients received the drug sirolimus, they experienced a two- to threefold drop in HIV levels, whereas patients who received other immunosuppressants did not." While encouraged, lead author Peter G. Stock, M.D., [...]