The Nation - News from Sept. 16, 1986
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Federal health officials are trying to decide whether azidothymidine, an experimental drug that has shown good results in treating AIDS, should immediately be made available to more, or perhaps all, AIDS victims, a spokesman for the Public Health Service confirmed. The drug stops reproduction of the AIDS virus in test tubes and, in tests involving 140 patients, those receiving the drug improved, compared to patients receiving placebos. However, researchers are concerned that the drug may prove more toxic when tested among large numbers of patients.
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