A drug originally used to battle AIDS may also help fight an extremely deadly type of brain cancer that usually attacks children. The Abacavir in the AIDS drug suppresses the enzyme telomerase that seems to be essential for certain tumor's survival. Although studies show that this drug improves the survival rate of the people who take it, it does not cure them. This drug also seems to be more easily tolerated by patients than the drugs that have been used in the past.
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