Novel Drug Purified, Developed From Amazon Rainforest Tree Sap Being Studied for Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea: UT Health
December 17, 2019
December 17, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 17 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news release:
A drug purified and developed from the sap of a tree in the Amazon rainforest is now being studied for the treatment of chronic idiopathic diarrhea in non-HIV patients at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) as part of a two-year pilot study.
The novel drug, crofelemer, comes from the Croton lechleri t . . .
A drug purified and developed from the sap of a tree in the Amazon rainforest is now being studied for the treatment of chronic idiopathic diarrhea in non-HIV patients at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) as part of a two-year pilot study.
The novel drug, crofelemer, comes from the Croton lechleri t . . .