Thursday, December 19, 2013

New Target For HIV Therapeutics Identified In Lab

HIV Mechanism:  Suicide, Not Murder by Michael Smith.  MedPage Today.  December 19, 2013.

(1)  According to the research reported here, an over-the-top _________________ causes much of the damage that leads to AIDS.

(2)  In the laboratory the drug VX-765 effectively blocks ___________ activity,  __________ cell death, and the release of ________________.

(3)  VX-765 has been found safe and effective in clinical trials in ______________.

(4)  For the 16 million people with HIV who do not have access to triple-drug antiretroviral therapy a caspase 1 inhibitor might ________________ while people wait for antiretroviral drugs.

(5)  Blocking caspase 1 might reduce _____________ and prevent diseases of aging that strike HIV-positive people earlier than others.

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