Feline AIDS Virus Drug Resistance Studied
October 11, 2007
U.S. scientists are launching a two-year study to determine how an AIDS-like virus in cats is able to resist powerful medicines used against it.
The Ohio State University study is part of an effort to understand one of the leading problem areas in medicine today — antimicrobial drug resistance.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded study might reveal how some viral infections become able to withstand anti-viral medications and even thrive in the presence of some drugs. If successful, the researchers say their findings might pave the way to smarter, more effective treatments for a host of pathogens that have learned to resist most therapeutic efforts.