AIDS | Drug Combinations Can Inhibit the AIDS Virus

Researchers have reported that a combination of drugs can greatly reduce the amount of HIV in the human bloodstream— sometimes to undetectable levels. In the following viewpoint, Jerome Groopman argues that a combination of AZT, 3TC, and a protease inhibitor can both reduce HIV levels and bolster the human immune system. Groopman is a professor of medicine at Harvard University Medical School and the director of the Mapplethorpe Laboratory for AIDS Research at Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital, both in Boston.

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