Generic medication disulfiram is found to wake the virus that causes Aids from dormancy – a step towards killing it,say researchers in US and AustraliaScientists seeking a cure for HIV/Aids acquire said a drug designed to combat alcoholism might be able to draw out the dormant virus from hiding in the body and allow it to be killed.
The drug, branded as Antabuse but also sold as a generic called disulfiram, and was given to 30 HIV positive patients in the US and Australia who were already taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs.
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Source: theguardian.com