Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has been used since 2014 to treat melanoma, lymphoma and lung cancer, among other types. It removes a “disguise” that cancer cells use to circumvent the immune system.
Now, American scientists have found that the drug is also of another use: it manages to expel the AIDS virus from T cells, where it normally lodges (and can be hidden, even when the patient no longer has detectable HIV).
The discovery (1) it happened by chance, during the treatment of patients who have cancer and HIV. If the effect is confirmed, it can lead to a new anti-AIDS cocktail, capable of completely expelling the virus from the body.
Source: Anticancer medicine can eliminate HIV from the body – Mágica Mistura を
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