Ovarian cancer drug, fish skin to treat burns 治療卵巢癌的新藥物測試、羅非魚皮被用於治療燒傷

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Promising UK ovarian cancer drug trialled 英國對治療卵巢癌新藥物進行試驗

Fish skin used to treat burns in Brazil 巴西醫生用羅非魚皮治療燒傷

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The trial run by the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden aimed to test the safety of the new drug known as ONX 0801. It involved just 15 women – all with advanced ovarian cancer. The result – tumours shrank significantly in almost half of the women over the course of five weeks. But the scientists are urging caution, they say it was a very small study and it’s too early to know whether the success could be replicated in a larger group of patients.

英國癌癥研究院和英國皇傢馬斯登醫院共同開展瞭旨在測試新藥“ONX 0801”安全性的試驗。此次試驗的參與者僅為15名患卵巢癌晚期的女性。試驗結果顯示，有近一半的女性在接受治療五周後其腫瘤體積大幅度縮小。但科學傢們敦促人們應慎重行事，他們說這個研究的規模很小，而且要想得知該試驗能否在患者人數更多的情況下取得同樣的成功還為時過早。

This Brazilian fisherman’s catch is not only for food, but medicine too! The skin of a tilapia, a common freshwater fish, is cleaned carefully and preserved. This is because tilapia skin is a potent burn remedy. The skin is made into strips and used to dress wounds. The method, though unorthodox, has proved to be both effective and affordable.

這位巴西漁夫捕到的魚不僅會被人食用，而且還會被當成藥物使用。羅非魚是常見的淡水魚，工作人員把魚皮仔細清洗並保存好。這是因為羅非魚皮是能夠有效緩解燒傷的良方。羅非魚皮被加工成長條狀以包紮傷口。雖然這並不屬於傳統療法，但實踐證明它既有效又平價。

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tumours
腫瘤

remedy
療法

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請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。

tumours / remedy

1. Does your tummy hurt? My granny has a very good herbal ______ for that. Drink this cup of tea and you’ll feel well in no time at all.

2. The earliest evidence of cancer in the human fossil record has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, an international team of scientists say. The aggressive ______ was found in a 1.7 million-year-old toe from an ancient human ancestor.

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1. Does your tummy hurt? My granny has a very good herbal remedy for that. Drink this cup of tea and you’ll feel well in no time at all.

2. The earliest evidence of cancer in the human fossil record has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, an international team of scientists say. The aggressive tumour was found in a 1.7 million-year-old toe from an ancient human ancestor.