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Research Findings Open New Front in Fight against AIDS Virus

OSAP Member Dr. David Reznik, Director, Oral Health Center, Infectious Disease Program and Chief, Dental Service, Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, comments on these NIH research findings: As HIV becomes a more chronic and manageable disease, advancements in science are paramount for continued success.  We know that HIV has the ability to mutate and reproduce rapidly allowing the virus to become resistant to existing medications.  This new idea of targeting interleukin-2-inducible T cell kinase, or ITK, a protein that signals T cells to activate against disease-causing invaders like viruses, could be a much needed and very important step in ensuring the long -term control of HIV disease. Although it will be years until this new discovery will be tried in human subjects, this news offers a ray of hope for people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world.

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