New class of HIV drug attacks previously untargeted enzyme
...ew class of anti-HIV drug which inhibits an as-yet untargeted enzyme in the virus has proven effective in a drug trial, according to an Article in this weeks edition of The Lancet. There is an urgent need for new antiretroviral drugs due to existing rates of failure in existing combination antiretroviral ther......ition in infants and children. Due to the risks of untargeted supplementation in malaria-endemic countries, new strategies are urgently needed to provide additional dietary iron to susceptible infants and children that might not be reached by universal fortification programmes. They conclude: Selective plant...