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HIV/AIDS: Drug Therapy
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, talks about the drugs that have been used in the fight against HIV/AIDS since AZT was developed in 1987. She also explains that the high cost of the drugs makes...
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The Modern Plague: Emerging Treatment Protocols for HIV
Prior to the development of new drugs, a person who developed full-blown AIDS had 1 to 2 years to live. In 1987 the very first anti-HIV drug was developed. Of the ninety patients who received the drug, Steve Pieters was the only one to experience po...