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HIV drug tackles cancer cells

Tumour growth blocked by anti-HIV agent.

A type of drug commonly used to treat HIV can slow the growth of cancer cells, researchers have found. The discovery raises hopes that drugs developed to fight one killer disease could help tackle another.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on August 31, 2007 06:05 PM |

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