A $4 Diabetes Pill Exposes HIV's Hiding Places. Big Pharma Has No Comment - NewsRescue

A $4 Diabetes Pill Exposes HIV's Hiding Places. Big Pharma Has No Comment - NewsRescue

Metformin costs about four dollars for a month’s supply. It has been prescribed to diabetics since 1957. It is one of the most studied drugs in the history of medicine. And according to researchers at the Université de Montréal, it may hold the key to exposing and destroying the hidden reservoirs where HIV survives despite decades of antiretroviral therapy. The study, published in iScience and led by Petronela Ancuta at the CRCHUM research cente…