“真正壮观”的昏睡病新药简化治疗，带来根除希望

‘Truly spectacular’ drug for sleeping sickness simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication European regulators greenlight new one-dose compound that could help Africa get rid of an ancient burden I n the early 2000s, already overstretched hospitals in war-torn Sudan frequently faced particularly difficult patients: soldiers with sleeping sickness, who would rage against nurses or simply wander off in the middle of treatment. The brain parasites that cause the disease can trigger dramatic behavior changes, including aggression and psychosis, and these patients had often been in military prison before they were diagnosed. …