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Breast Cancer Drug Fights Infection in HIV/AIDS Patients
And Im Steve Ember. Today on the program, we tell about international efforts to fight a health threat in the West African nation of Guinea. Then, we report on a finding that cold air might be good for your health. But first, we report on a medical discovery. American researchers say a drug used to treat breast cancer may help people who have AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes the disease.
Breast Cancer Drug May Help HIV/AIDS Patients
A drug used to treat breast cancer may soon have another use. Researchers say the drug could be helpful as a weapon against a fungal infection that kills more HIV/AIDS patients than the disease tuberculosis. The possible new use for tamoxifen was discovered as part of an investigation of older, already approved drugs. The makers of these drugs have sought and received approval from United States government agencies to sell their products to the public.
Health experts estimate that a fungus called Cryptococcus infects about one million people worldwide every year. The fungal infection is called Cryptococcosis. It is especially deadly for people living with AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Most of the infections take place in African countries south of the Sahara Desert. Ninety percent of the people who have AIDS live in those countries.
Damian Krysan is an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Rochester in New York State. He says Cryptococcosis can lead to meningitis, a life-threatening infection of the covering of the brain and spinal cord.
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