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Are Your HIV Drugs Aging You?

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Antiretroviral medications have allowed HIVers to live longer and manage their viral load, but the drugs also sometimes have harmful, toxic side effects. A recent example comes from new research by the Institute of Genetic Medicine at the U.K.'s Newcastle University, which indicates that the older antiretrovirals are primary culprits in premature aging.
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