Examples of azidothymidine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first treatment for AIDS -- AZT or azidothymidine -- had staggering side effects including intestinal problems, vomiting and damage to the immune system. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021 The first one, azidothymidine or AZT, a repurposed cancer drug approved in 1987, was only slightly helpful. — USA Today, 5 June 2021 The tides began to turn in 1987 when the first treatment, azidothymidine (AZT) garnered approval as the first of dozens of antiretroviral treatments now available. — Dr. Divya Chhabra And Sony Salzman, ABC News, 5 June 2021 April 29, 2020 Fauci, who took the helm of NIAID 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. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020 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. — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 10 May 2018

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