Azt is shown to manage , but not cure , hiv and reduce the rates of mother-to-child infection in pregnancy .
azt被证明是可以控制但不能治愈hiv,并且减少怀孕期间的感染率。
" The cumulative mutagenesis data suggest that infants exposed transplacentally to azt may be at increased risk for cancer as they age , " researchers said in a statement .
1986 Clinical trials show that hiv patients taking azt ( azidothymidine ) , an antiretroviral drug initially developed as a cancer therapy , were living longer than those who did not .
He insisted-and still insists-that the weakening of the immune system characteristic of aids is caused by drug-taking ( he blames both recreational drugs and azt , one of the early anti-aids drugs ) , and that hiv is , indeed , a passenger .