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Certain rifamycin derivatives have been found to be more toxic for fresh human leukaemic blood cells than for normal blood cells. These particular derivatives also inhibit the reverse transcriptases of both human and viral origin.
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SMITH, R., WHANG-PENG, J., GALLO, R. et al. Selective Toxicity of Rifamycin Derivatives for Leukaemic Human Leucocytes. Nature New Biology 236, 166–171 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio236166a0
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