BETHESDA, Md. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said a drug used to treat HIV can slow the growth of cancer cells.
Researcher Phillip Dennis and colleagues at the National Cancer Institute began testing HIV drugs on cancer cells after noticing that the toxic effects the virus has on cells are similar to the changes seen in cancerous cells, Nature said Friday in a release.
Cancer scientists said repositioning drugs approved as HIV therapies could help to save lives by reducing the wait and cost of getting a cancer drug from the laboratory to the patient.
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