HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors also protect against Malaria
Study Findings:
Anti-HIV drugs inhibited the growth of Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite. These findings may also expose a previously unexplored vulnerability in the parasite that could lead to a new class of anti-malarial drug.
The team tested the effects of the protease inhibitors saquinavir, ritonavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir, and indinavir on a drug-resistant line of P. falciparum. […]