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Researchers in Switzerland say they have developed a new drug
to curb the onset of AIDS that is two million times as potent as the most common
medicine. But it may be six years before the substance can be marketed. Geneva's Pharmaceutical University says the new drug can prevent the HIV virus that causes AIDS from spreading in the body. Professor JEAN TRONCHET says NU-1320 works by introducing its genetic code into the nucleus of a healthy cell. But he says the drug becomes ineffective when confronted with mutant or resistant strains of HIV -- so it would have to be taken in conjunction with AZT -- the most popular AIDS drug to date. |