nifurtimox

The drugs nifurtimox and eflornithine will be given out in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Treatment for Sleeping Sickness 2010

The drugs nifurtimox and eflornithine will be given out in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Treatment for Sleeping Sickness 2010

The Hutchisons posted Sam's progress online, and soon several other parents were clamoring to use the nifurtimox-chemotherapy combination.

Lab Rat? 2007

He decided to stop it until he gets the results of a mouse experiment gauging the effects of vitamin C: K3 with nifurtimox, a test funded by a small foundation Mr. Hutchison and three other parents have launched.

Lab Rat? 2007

The Hutchisons were elated with Sam's progress, but feared the cancer could eventually overcome the nifurtimox.

Lab Rat? 2007

Physicians at Brown University had reported that a child with neuroblastoma who had contracted a tropical illness called Chagas disease went into remission after being treated with an antibiotic called nifurtimox.

Lab Rat? 2007

In September 2006, Sam began nifurtimox in combination with two strong chemotherapy drugs, the same combination treatment the patient with Chagas disease had received when she went into remission at Brown.

Lab Rat? 2007

He had been digging into research suggesting a mixture of vitamin C and vitamin K3, known as vitamin C: K3, killed cancer cells in a similar way as nifurtimox.

Lab Rat? 2007

In a later lab test, nifurtimox appeared to kill neuroblastoma cells.

Lab Rat? 2007

"This combination therapy has had some initial success but our tests have shown there is a danger, in that exposing the parasite to nifurtimox results in increased resistance to the point where the disease is no longer curable," said Professor Fairlamb.

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