Here are five surprising facts about Horwitz, who died Sept. Now Reading:. Rewards for Good. Horwitz didn't start out as a drug researcher. After earning his Ph.
When Horwitz developed AZT, the drug initially was viewed as a failure. Back in , the HIV virus hadn't even been discovered. In , Dr. Horwitz created dideoxycytidine, which would later became the second cancer drug approved for AIDS patients, followed by Stavudine. Horwitz wrote more than articles published in peer-reviewed journals as well as several book chapters.
In addition, he was named Person of the Week by Peter Jennings; one of the 25 most intriguing people of by People magazine; he was elected to the Wayne State University Academy of Scholars in and has an endowment in his name, the Jerome R. Horwitz, a native of Detroit, received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Detroit; and his doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of Michigan, followed by post-doctoral fellow training at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan.
Horwitz's legacy - his outstanding service and contribution to cancer research and AIDS that continues to helped thousands of people live a long and productive life," said Gerold Bepler, M.
Horwitz's wife Sharon, daughters Carol Kastan and Suzy Gross, as well as other family members and friends. Services for Dr. He wanted to analyze the cancer cells and design a drug that would disrupt their growth. He took a chance. When Horwitz tested AZT, or azidothymidine, on leukemic mice, nothing happened.
At the National Cancer Institute, a group of researchers found the compound curbed the activity of HIV, a strange virus from a family known as retroviruses. Horwitz learned that AZT had come back to life when a colleague pointed out a report on the results published by the researchers in Elaine Woo is a Los Angeles native who has written for her hometown paper since She left The Times in All Sections.
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