ASIAN MEDICINE:
The New Face of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Dennis Normile
TOKYO--This year, the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration approved a phase II trial to test the efficacy of
Kanglaite in treating non-small-cell lung cancer, making Kanglaite the first
drug derived from a traditional Chinese herbal remedy to go into clinical trials
in the United States. Asian governments are hoping that high-volume screening
and rigorous clinical trials will unlock the secrets of ancient herbal
remedies--and that the results will pass muster with Western scientists.
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