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Archive Home > 2011 > June > 30 > Clinical trial to test inexpensive oral drug for sleeping sickness

Clinical trial to test inexpensive oral drug for sleeping sickness

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
June 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Researchers are gearing up for a clinical trial of what they hope will be the first inexpensive oral drug to treat trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness.

Current drugs used for the disease require sophisticated diagnosis and drug infusions that are not typically....

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