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arcticpenguin
14th March 2003, 04:30 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=2&u=/nm/20030315/sc_nm/aids_fuzeon_dc

Fuzeon, also known as T-20, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of AIDS. It works by a completely different mode of action than previous AIDS drugs, so should be useful to those whose HIV is becoming resistant.

Fuzeon interferes with HIV entry to cells. The down side: It's very expensive.