(BALA) MEDICAL UPDATE: Anti-HIV Activity in Salvia

(BALA) MEDICAL UPDATE: Anti-HIV Activity in Salvia

BEING ALIVE; April 1995
presented by Mark Katz MD and reported by Jim Stoecker

We have emphasized for some time that saliva does not carry HIV and is thus not a source of transmission of the virus. A number of researchers have believed that saliva carries a substance that may kill HIV. Recently, researchers at the National Institute of Dental Research announced that they have identified a protein in human saliva (called SLPI) that shows anti-HIV activity. This finding may prove important for future treatment options. If we can find the nature of the substance, we might be able to develop a new antiviral based on it.

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