新药可能让斑秃患者毛发再生
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="Brian">Brian</span> <span word="H">H</span>. <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="beard">beard</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>, <span word="years">years</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="bedeviled">bedeviled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="head">head</span>, <span word="face">face</span>, <span word="arms">arms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="legs">legs</span>.</p><p>布莱恩·<span word="H">H</span>(<span word="Brian">Brian</span> <span word="H">H</span>.)注意到的第一件事情是，他可以长出真正的胡须来。在这件事成为可能之前，他已经被头上、脸上以及四肢上毛发的脱落困扰了很多年。</p><p><span word="Brian">Brian</span>, 34, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="withheld">withheld</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="privacy">privacy</span>, <span word="suffers">suffers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="alopecia">alopecia</span> <span word="areata">areata</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="autoimmune">autoimmune</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="afflicting">afflicting</span> <span word="about">about</span> 1 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="often">often</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> “<span word="mangy">mangy</span> <span word="patches">patches</span>” <span word="of">of</span> <span word="baldness">baldness</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="plagued">plagued</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="his">his</span> 20<span word="s">s</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="relationships">relationships</span>.</p><p>34岁的布莱恩患有斑秃，为保护隐私起见，他要求隐去姓氏。斑秃是一种自身免疫性疾病，在人群中的发病率约为1%，通常会造成全身各处毛发的脱落。从20多岁开始，布莱恩一直被那些“癞癞巴巴的秃斑”折磨着。他认为它们严重影响了他的工作和人际关系。</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span>, <span word="Brian">Brian</span> <span word="enrolled">enrolled</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bone">bone</span> <span word="marrow">marrow</span> <span word="disorder">disorder</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="alopecia">alopecia</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span>, <span word="Angela">Angela</span> <span word="Christiano">Christiano</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dermatology">dermatology</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="geneticist">geneticist</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="alopecia">alopecia</span> <span word="areata">areata</span>.</p><p>今年，曾尝试过各种疗法的布莱恩，在哥伦比亚大学医疗中心(<span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>)报名参加了一项旨在测试一种获批治疗骨髓疾病的药物能否帮人摆脱斑秃的研究。该研究的负责人之一安吉拉·克里斯蒂雅诺(<span word="Angela">Angela</span> <span word="Christiano">Christiano</span>)是皮肤科教授和遗传学专家，同时也是一名斑秃患者。</p>
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