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Ian Hampson is finding it hard to contain his excitement. A molecular virologist with a passionate interest in understanding the relationship between viruses and cancer, he thinks that he and his wife, Lynne, may ? he stresses the word may ? have found a revolutionary self-help therapy for women with pre-cancerous cell changes in the cervix.
Almost by chance, the Hampsons discovered in their lab at St Mary?s Hospital, Manchester, that the drug lopinavir, licensed for the treatment of HIV, attacks the strain of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer. An as-yet unpublished clinical trial has found that lopinavir capsules, when inserted into the vagina, appear to kill off abnormal cells in the cervix. There appear to be no side effects.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10642431/End-in-sight-for-cervical-cancer.html
Almost by chance, the Hampsons discovered in their lab at St Mary?s Hospital, Manchester, that the drug lopinavir, licensed for the treatment of HIV, attacks the strain of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer. An as-yet unpublished clinical trial has found that lopinavir capsules, when inserted into the vagina, appear to kill off abnormal cells in the cervix. There appear to be no side effects.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10642431/End-in-sight-for-cervical-cancer.html