昏睡病有了新療法
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tsetse fly
parasite
enzyme
Paul Wyatt
Drug Discovery for Tropical Diseases
University of Dundee
N-myristoyl transferase (NMT)
Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that infects about 60,000 people in Africa each year. Now scientists in Scotland say they may have found a new treatment. Their findings are in the journal Science. Sleeping sickness is spread by the bite of the tsetse fly. The insect can carry a parasite that …
昏睡病是種致命的疾病，在非洲每年約有6萬人受到感染。如今蘇格蘭的科學(xué)家聲稱他們可能已經(jīng)找到了新的治療方法。他們的研究結(jié)果發(fā)表在《科學(xué)》期刊上。 昏睡病是通過采采蠅的叮咬傳播的。這種昆蟲能夠攜帶一種感染中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的寄生蟲。感染初期會引起發(fā)熱、頭痛、皮膚瘙癢和虛弱乏力。 接下來，當(dāng)寄生蟲進(jìn)入到大腦時，將會…