Tea May Offer Treatment to Fight HIV - Japan Study

Tea May Offer Treatment to Fight HIV - Japan Study 
Reuters NewMedia - Monday November 10, 2003 
Christopher Doering  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese researchers said on Monday they had
discovered a molecule in tea that could block the spread of the AIDS
virus. 
The lab findings could offer a novel way to combat the HIV infection by
preventing the virus from spreading throughout the body, scientists
said. Current treatments that target HIV fight the infection after it
has spread. 
Scientists at the University of Tokyo, led by Kuzushige Kawai, found a
compound called epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, the element believed
to contain most of the health benefits found in green tea, rapidly
attaches to the doorways that the AIDS virus uses to invade cells. 

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