# The Man Who Co-Discovered HIV 40 Years Ago Just Helped Find Two New Drug Targets

- slug: the-man-who-co-discovered-hiv-40-years-ago-just-helped-find-two-new-drug-targets
- date: 2026-04-21
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Jay Levy put samples of the AIDS epidemic virus in a freezer in 1983. Last month, they helped a Gladstone-UCSF team identify two previously unknown human proteins that block HIV, raising the first new drug targets from host-factor research in years.

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