Methods for inhibiting/treating hiv infections and aids related symptoms

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel method for inhibiting the growth, elaboration and/or replication of HIV in human patients and to the prevention and treatment of human acquired immunodefiiciency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases caused by retroviral infection. In preferred aspects, the present invention provides a method for the use of a novel class of oligodeoxynucleotides consisting of 4-thio-2'-deoxyuridylate units for the prevention and treatment of both wild-type and drug-resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV), the causative pathogen of AIDS.