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Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, whic
Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, whic
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2013-06-25
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Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, which interferes with an elusive protein used by the HIV virus to infect human cells, has worked extremely well in monkeys. If the drug proves effective in human trials, scientists say, it could bolster (加强) the effectiveness of two existing AIDS drugs, particularly in fighting drug-resistant strains of the virus.
Researchers at the pharmaceutical (制药的) company Merck are very excited about an experimental drug, which has worked as well in monkeys infected with a primate version of the virus as any of the existing anti-AIDS drugs.
It works by blocking one of three proteins, or enzymes, the HIV virus uses to gain entrance into and infect human immune system cells.
Inhibitor drugs have been developed to block two of the proteins, to slow progression of the disease after infection. They have become standard therapy as a "cocktail" for people infected with HIV.
Those enzymes are reverse transcriptase (转录酶) and protease (蛋白酶). The first converts the virus’ genetic material into that of its host cells. The second chops up the resulting larger proteins into smaller pieces, producing smaller viral particles that infect new cells.
The third prong of cellular attack is a protein called integrase (整合酶), which experts say has been harder to block. Once HIV fools host cells by changing its genetic information so it can enter them, integrase acts like a cut and paste operation in a word processor, deleting an immune cell’s genetic material and replacing it with its own.
An integrase inhibitor would give doctors a third line of attack against HIV infection, according to virologist Daria Hazuda of the division of Virus and Cell Biology at Merck.
"This would offer a third class of anti-retroviral medications that can be combined with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors. And since it is a new mechanism of action, these compounds are active against multi-drug resistant variants. So variants that are resistant to all current therapies have been selected in HIV-patients," she said.
Current anti-AIDS drugs eventually become resistant to therapy, or stop working, because the virus changes its shape.
While researchers are encouraged by the success with the compound’s effectiveness in monkey trials, developing a drug that is equally effective in humans-can be difficult.
Steven Young is executive director of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Merck. He says, if scientists find a compound that is equally effective in people, the company would ask U. S. regulators to speed approval of the drug.
"Yeah, I really think that’s what we’re hoping for," he said. "I mean, we need to get data that show it has robust anti-viral effects in people. And if we’re able to get that data, I think we would petition for fast track status."
Dr. Young says an integrase inhibitor has the potential to prevent drug resistance.
"To ensure our best chance of preventing resistance, we would give this as part of a cocktail therapy," he added. "And I think it’s really our plan that we would test this with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, as well."
According to Steven Young, if scientists get the data that______, they would petition for fast track status.
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答案
show the drug has robust anti—viral effects in people
解析
根据题干中的关键词“Steven Young”和“fast track status”可定位到倒数第3段。默克公司的药物化学部执行主管Steven Young谈到,只要科学家能够得到数据,表明新药在人体临床实验中也表现出良好的疗效,他们就可以向美国相关部门请求对该药物进行快速审批,这也是他们非常期待的。所以答案为show the drug has robust anti-viral effects in people。
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