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ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
David Da-i Ho is a Taiwanese American AIDS researcher famous for pioneering the use of protease inhibitors in treating HIV-infected patients with his team (6.1)
In 1964, while conducting research for the Karmanos Institute, Dr. Jerome P. Horwitz synthesized a compound that was to become known as zidovudine (AZT) - an antiviral drug used to treat HIV patients; Zidovudine was initially developed as a treatment for cancer. Horwitz was also first to synthesize stavudine (d4T) and zalcitabine (ddC) - two other reverse transcriptase inhibitors used in the treatment of HIV patients. (6.2)
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Photo Citation (6.3), (6.4), (6.5), (6.6), (6.7)
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