Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the ...

When medical researcher Jerome P. Horwitz first synthesized the chemical compound AZT in the 1960s, he hoped it would be a successful treatment for cancer. At first, he thought he had failed, and ...

Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed ...

That year, Dr. Jerome Horwitz published what was, by all accounts, a failure. Horwitz had synthesized and tested a throng of new compounds, one of which happened to be azidothymidine or AZT.

Jerome Horwitz, the developer of the antiretroviral drug AZT, died earlier this month. Audie Cornish speaks with Paul Volberding, Director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of San ...

Jerome Horwitz created AZT in 1964 as a potential cure for cancer, but when the drug did not have the desired effects, he shelved it in disappointment.Only 22 years later did the drug reach its ...

When medical researcher Jerome P. Horwitz first synthesized the chemical compound AZT in the 1960s, he hoped it would be a successful treatment for cancer. At first, he thought he had failed.

WASHINGTON — When medical researcher Jerome P. Horwitz first synthesized the chemical compound AZT in the 1960s, he hoped it would be a successful treatment for cancer. At first, he thought he ...

Ruth Horwitz, 90, (nee Pushkin), Beloved wife of the late Jerome Horwitz, together 51 years. Fond sister to the late Bernice (Leo) Horwitz. Preceded in death by her sister-in-law Henny (Irving) Bri… ...