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Making a “Miracle” HIV Medicine

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million new HIV infections by 2029, undermining progress toward the UN’s goal. Researcher Jerome Horwitz at the Michigan Cancer Foundation developed it as a potential cancer treatment by chemically-modifying thymine, a DNA building block. By 1987, the FDA licensed zidovudine after trials showed it increased survival rates.