Specialists intend to help more than 80 million Chinese who suffer from this disease.

China begins development of experimental drug to treat gout. Scientists from the Institute of Life Science of Jilin University use sunflowers in their method, or rather, substances obtained from them.. Researchers say gout is caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood..

Over time, this leads to disruption of the kidneys and joints.. In China, at the moment there are officially about 80 million people who suffer from this disease..

Experts have already conducted large-scale studies of a new drug that has shown high efficacy in the treatment of gout.. Of the 80 patients, 70 were completely cured.. However, no toxic effects were achieved.. In the near future, the authors of the study intend to register the drug and release it into mass production..

Earlier we wrote that scientists are developing a superantibiotic that can treat gonorrhea.. The drug affects the proteins that feed on pathogenic bacteria.

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