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University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center Pharmacologists Identify Potential Cure for Tropical Parasitic Disease Found in Soil
December 11, 2021
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:

Combining two agents to block a parasitic worm's life cycle boosted survival from a potentially deadly tropical disease to 85% in animal models, far better than either treatment alone, according to a proof-of-concept study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center pharmacologists.

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