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New data intensifies interest in hydroxyurea.
GMHC treatment issues : the Gay Men's Health Crisis newsletter of experimental AIDS therapies - 1 Sept 1995
Santiago L G
Abstract excerpt
Newly publicized trial data are showing that hydroxyurea has strong anti-HIV activity, especially when combined with ddI, which has led to the opening of new trials testing the hydroxyurea/ddI combination. Hydroxyurea's purported mechanism of action against HIV is to inhibit a cellular enzyme, ribonucleotide reductase, that is essential for creating the special nucleotide units needed to form DNA. With fewer...
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