New AIDS Therapy Nukes HIV With Radioactive Antibodies

Like guided missiles, radioactive anti-HIV antibodies seek out and destroy HIV-infected cells. The new approach to AIDS therapy -- called radioimmunotherapy -- works in mice, report Ekaterina Dadachova, PhD, of New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and colleagues. "Radioimmunotherapy is supposed to be curative," Dadachova tells WebMD. … [Read more...]