Novel Compound May Treat Acute Diarrhea
Debilitating Illness Is Major Cause of Child Deaths in Developing Nations
In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered a novel compound that might lead to an inexpensive, easy-to-take treatment. The results of pre-clinical tests appear in the June 16 online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. See full story
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UT Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered a compound which could lessen the alarming number of diarrhea-related deaths in Third World countries.
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A promising diarrhea treatment discovered in the laboratory of UT Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., may one day reduce diarrhea-related deaths in developing countries. From left to right are: |
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