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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

Drugs that treat HIV trialled in people with multiple brain tumours

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Drugs that treat HIV are being trialled for the first time in people with multiple brain tumours, for which there is no current cure.

Scientists believe the already-approved medicines ritonavir and lopinavir could shrink tumours in people with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), a genetic condition which causes tumours to grow along nerves.

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