61. Early detection of the virus is considered increasingly important since a new class of AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors has proven effective in treating the disease in many people. 62. DOTS may also be useful in treating other diseases in which careful adherence to a drug regime is important to contain resistance. 63. Dr. Guy Faget, chief medical officer, found that a sulfone compound was effective in treating the disease. 64. Drugs to treat the disease have become increasingly effective. 65. Embryonic stem cells can multiply indefinitely, enough to potentially treat disease. 66. Few can afford the costly drugs used to treat the disease in developed nations. 67. Findings from the three long-term studies he oversaw until March resulted in international news coverage and changed the way some diseases are treated and prevented. 68. For example, few will dispute the benefits of the regulated use of drugs to treat diseases of the brain. 69. For Joyner and other women, Symbollon may be their only hope of getting a drug approved to treat their disease. |