Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Zidovudine (Retrovir) for HIV and AIDS was originally known as azidothymidine which is how it got the abbreviation AZT.
B) The word retrovirus is a shortened form of the phrase reverse transcriptase plus the word virus.
C) The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus.
D) Clinical testing to approve AZT for treating AIDS took several years and was prolonged because of a number of patient deaths.
Answer: D
A) This IS a true statement.
B) This IS a true statement.
C) This IS a true statement.
D) This is a false statement. It was approved just months after the new drug application was filed.
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