治療昏睡病有望尋求新方法
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Paul Wyatt
Francois Chappuis
Doctors Without Borders
The scientists also tested the treatment on laboratory mice with sleeping sickness. They gave them the chemical compound by mouth and say the infection disappeared. Now, Paul Wyatt says a drug based on the research could be ready for testing in humans within 18 months. Currently, medicine for sleep…
科學(xué)家還用這個療法來對患有昏睡癥的小白鼠進(jìn)行試驗(yàn)。他們表示，在給老鼠服下此化學(xué)混合物后，感染癥消失了。 現(xiàn)在，保羅·懷厄特說在此基礎(chǔ)上研究出來的藥物將在八個月內(nèi)進(jìn)入人體試驗(yàn)階段。目前，治療昏睡癥的藥物需要一系列的注射，不僅費(fèi)用昂貴，病人還要忍受疼痛以及需要住院觀察。而且治療的副作用可能會很嚴(yán)重，有時甚…