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Article: Treatment may inhibit cells' "power centers". (AIDS).(HIV-AIDS drug therapy side effects and mitochondria disease research)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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Companies that create HIV-AIDS drugs now have key information that could assist in making new medications with fewer side effects. Researchers Henry Weiner, a professor of biochemistry at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., Steven Zollo of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Lauren Wood of the National Cancer Institute note the similarity between HIV-AIDS treatment side effects and diseases of the mitochondria, the "power centers" in cells, that affect the functioning of other parts of the cell. The researchers hypothesize that the drugs to combat HIV infection might inadvertently affect the functioning of the mitochondria.
"Finding that ...