Well, of course, the best thing is medicine for really bad diseases (疾病). A lot of scientists are working very hard to stop diseases like Ebola, a terrible disease that has killed many thousand people in Africa.

当然了，最好的东西是治疗严重疾病的药。许多科学家正在努力对抗各种疾病，如埃博拉病毒这种可怕的疾病，而非洲已有几千人因此丧命。

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Medicine has never before possessed such a sophisticated Arsenal of tools and interventions for curing disease and prolonging life.

现代医学拥有大量精密工具和干预手段，能够医治疾病和延长寿命。

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Clinical trials generally do tell a good deal about how well a medicine works for a defined disease and what potential harm it may cause.

通常，临床试验确实能够提供大量信息说明一种药物对某种已确定疾病的效力如何，以及可能引起何种伤害。

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Novartis says it hopes next year to apply for approval for three additional drugs for various tumors types, including a new treatment for ovarian cancer, a new lymphoma medicine and a drug for Cushing's disease, a benign tumor in the pituitary gland.

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History may be repeating itself as Sankyo develops a new medicine for cardiovascular disease.

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But a medicine for Crohn's disease and two lung cancer drugs, developed separately with Eli Lilly and Novartis, flamed out.

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