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This is especially interesting since there have been reports that China was testing HIV treatments on patients with the coronavirus: https://www.reuters.com/ar
by thorum 7y ago
This is especially interesting since there have been reports that China was testing HIV treatments on patients with the coronavirus:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-abbvie-hiv/china-testing-hiv-drug-as-treatment-for-new-coronavirus-abbvie-says-idUSKBN1ZP0QK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-abbvie-hiv/c...
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- Arete314159 7y agoYes they are BUT it's my understanding those HIV drugs had already been used against SARS and found helpful in an anecdotal way. So it would be an obvious first go-to drug.
- sct202 7y agoHIV drugs were used on SARS over a decade ago. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15144898 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15144898 It shouldn't be surprising that this new virus that is related to SARS can also be treated by HIV antiviral drugs.