NECT: An Improved Therapy for Sleeping Sickness

October 27, 2009

Sleeping sickness is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. With existing medicines either cumbersome to administer or a cause of intense side effects, a new and cheaper therapy, NECT, holds great promise of benefiting thousands of vulnerable patients.

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