Foot cream kills HIV by tricking cells to commit suicide

Foot cream kills HIV by tricking cells to commit suicide(m.cnet.com)

10 points by partyanimal 12 years ago | 1 comment

tokenadult 12 years ago |

"It's obviously still going to take clinical trials on humans to study the safety and efficacy of Ciclopirox as a potential topical HIV treatment."

Yep. A medicine for topical use on dead tissue (toenails) may not be the best candidate for oral use as an internal medicine. More research is definitely needed here.

tokenadult 12 years ago |

"It's obviously still going to take clinical trials on humans to study the safety and efficacy of Ciclopirox as a potential topical HIV treatment."

Yep. A medicine for topical use on dead tissue (toenails) may not be the best candidate for oral use as an internal medicine. More research is definitely needed here.