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New York, March 10: Hair strands can help detect the levels of antiretroviral drugs in HIVdefine patients to assess the success of the ongoing treatment, say U.S. researchers.

Until now, the extremely patient-dependent ways remain very uncertain in predicting how well a patient is doing with the treatment. Either the doctors depend on pill-count or patient's self-evaluation or some pricey methods, including drug dispensers, to monitor their treatment progress.

Cincinnati, United States, December 28: A new study has revealed that bortezomib, a drug used in the treatment of cancerdefine, can also stop the body from discarding a transplanted organ.

Traditionally bortezomib has been used to cure multiple myeloma, which affects the plasmadefine of white blood cells. The present research has divulged that Bortezomib aims B-lymphocytes, the WBCs that manufacture antibodies, and thwarts the immune systemdefine's antibodies from attacking transplanted organs.