Yoghurt Bugs Engineered To Produce HIV-Drug
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Microbiology by ruth on February 01, 2006
"We've found that you can engineer these bugsto secrete drugs - in this case, a viricide that disables HIV," said Bharat Ramratnam, assistant professor of medicine at Brown Medical School and attending physician at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. "The hope is to use the bacteria as the basis for a microbicide which can prevent sexual transmission of HIV."
Animal trials will begin mid-year to test its efficacy, and Ramratnam is hopeful to have a treatment ready for human clinical trials in three years.
Source: Brown Medical School
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