Famous Czech chemist Antonin Holy dies at 75

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Famous Czech chemist Antonin Holy dies at 75

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Antonin Holy, a renowned Czech scientist whose research contributed to antiviral drugs, has died.

17 July,2012 06:02 pm

Pragues Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry where Holy has been working since 1960 says he died on Monday after battling an unspecified long-term disease. He was 75.Holy, a research professor of nucleic acid chemistry, helped discover substances that are part of such drugs as Viread and Vistide, which are used for treatment of HIV-infected patients, and Hepsera for treatment of hepatitis B.Holy was born Sept 1, 1936 in Prague and only retired a year ago.His institute called his death Tuesday an immense loss.