00:00That's a whipworm that researchers may have finally found a treatment against, potentially
00:04curing half a billion people who have it at any given time.
00:08The drugs actually already existed for dogs and cats for 20 years but were never tested
00:12on people because, believe it or not, there was no incentive for companies.
00:16The pharmaceutical buyer developed it for pets but found no way to make profit from
00:20developing it for humans.
00:21Most people who get whipworms live with poor sanitation and can't afford the medication.
00:25But a group of scientists and doctors persisted with philanthropic and government money, tested
00:30it themselves and finally got buyer on board, who will now sell it for the price it costs
00:34them to develop it, at least breaking even.
00:37Not the corporate dream but the dream of every scientist that will probably end up curing
00:41millions of a difficult illness.
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