00:00This dog medicine might be ready for human use and could treat half a billion people who are affected by
00:05this kind of whipworm at any given point in time.
00:07The drug was used on dogs and cats for 20 years but never tested on people because, believe it or
00:12not, of the low incentive for companies.
00:15Most people who get whipworms live with poor sanitation and can't afford the medication.
00:19But a group of scientists and doctors persisted with philanthropic and government money and finally got buyer on board,
00:24who will now sell it for the price it costs them to develop it, at least breaking even.
00:28Not the corporate dream but the dream of every scientist that would probably end up curing millions of a difficult
00:34illness.
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