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By 1987 the first anti-HIV drug, azidothymidine or AZT, was licensed for the treatment of AIDS.
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Vincent Racaniello, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2012
The first treatment for AIDS -- AZT or azidothymidine -- had staggering side effects including intestinal problems, vomiting and damage to the immune system.
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The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
The first one, azidothymidine or AZT, a repurposed cancer drug approved in 1987, was only slightly helpful.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 10 May 2018
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First Known Use
1974, in the meaning defined above
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“Azidothymidine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/azidothymidine. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
azidothymidine
noun
az·i·do·thy·mi·dine
ˌaz-i-dō-ˈthī-mə-ˌdēn
: azt
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