March 23, 2006
Quest for a cure
Ever wondered ...
- how a drug is discovered?
- how much research ends in failures before one drug is discovered?
- how much money is spent in bringing a drug to market?
BBC reporter Peter Day followed research and development of a HIV/AIDS drug for several years to make this story. This drug, Maraviroc, a CCR5 inhibitor, is very close to being approved for use. It was discovered that people with a mutated form of CCR5 don't get infected with HIV and develop AIDS. That led to an idea to target this chemokine receptor for HIV therapy. It is a very interesting story.
Quest for a cure is being presented in 3 parts, each 30 minutes long. Here is a link to the first episode that was brodcasted last Monday. This post will be updated to include links to the future audio programs.
Posted by Parag at March 23, 2006 09:17 AM
