azidothymidine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of azidothymidine
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Fauci, who took the helm of the infectious-disease agency in 1984, likened the new findings to the 1986 discovery that the anti-retroviral drug azidothymidine, or AZT, could suppress the HIV virus in patients with AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times
In 1994, a study showed that one ARV drug, azidothymidine, cut transmission rates by two-thirds if given to the mother before and after delivery and to the baby for 6 weeks.
From Science Magazine
Another shortcoming, notes biochemist Jan Gettemans of Ghent University, is that unlike many important drugs, including statins and the anti-HIV drug azidothymidine, the antibodies can't enter cells on their own.
From Science Magazine
At the time only azidothymidine, known as AZT, was available.
From The Guardian
Another is azidothymidine, which failed as a chemotherapy drug but emerged in the 1980s as a therapy for HIV.
From Nature
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