*Just for knowledge sake...
IL-2 MAY HELP AIDS PATIENTS
Interleukin-2, or IL-2, an immune system protein, has been shown to
increase the number of immune CD4 T cells in many people with HIV
infection. Studies conducted before the era of potent antiretroviral
therapy had suggested IL-2 was less effective in patients with very low
levels of these cells, which HIV destroys. Now the AIDS Clinical Trials
Group reports that IL-2 can increase the levels of these important
disease-fighters in these patients if other drugs have already reduced
the level of HIV in the blood. The study is the largest randomized
study of IL-2 completed in advanced HIV patients to date, said lead
investigator Dr. Ronald Mitsuyasu of the University of California, Los
Angeles. The results were presented at the 5th International Congress
on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection in Glasgow, Scotland.
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By LIDIA WASOWICZ
UPI Science Writer
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