Sleeping Sickness
New collection of articles explores the science, application, and regulation of GM insects
The current issue of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases presents a new collection of articles on the use of genetically modified (GM) insects for controlling some of the most widespread infectious diseases. Articles from a ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Drug firms sign up to new tropical disease fight
Key players in the pharmaceutical industry pledged on Monday to donate 14 billion drug treatments as part of a new, global push to eradicate tropical diseases.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Genetic technique brings new hope for better treatments for sleeping sickness
Research led by scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has exploited a revolutionary genetic technique to discover how human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) drugs target the parasite which causes the ...
Genetics
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Neglected tropical diseases: A new handle on old problems
‘Neglected tropical diseases’ is a new name for old diseases that cause long-term suffering among the world’s poorest people. The Wellcome Trust and others have funded research into these diseases ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 06, 2012 |
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African sleeping sickness: a tale of two parasites
(Medical Xpress) -- The savannahs and rainforests of Africa bring to mind romantic notions of wildlife, adventure and exploration. But beneath this natural beauty lies a deadly, long-neglected disease: trypanosomiasis, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa
Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Gene variant increases risk of kidney disease in African-Americans
African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Sleeping sickness drug may provide long-term protection against skin cancer
An antiparasitic agent used to treat African sleeping sickness might someday be used to prevent nonmelanoma skin cancers. Researchers found that DFMO, or α-difluoromethylornithine, still appeared to protect against nonmelanoma ...
Cancer
Oct 24, 2011 |
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First field-based molecular diagnostic test for African sleeping sickness in sight
The Geneva-based not-for-profit foundation FIND and Japanese diagnostics company Eiken announced today that a next-generation molecular test designed specifically for sleeping sickness – a deadly parasitic disease also ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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Major advance in sleeping sickness drug made by Glasgow scientists
A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on September 6th presents a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Led by Professor Peter Kennedy, researchers at the ...
Medical research
Sep 06, 2011 |
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UT Southwestern research team's anti-malarial work wins international Project of the Year award
The discovery of a potential new anti-malarial drug by a UT Southwestern Medical Center-led research team has been awarded Project of the Year by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV).
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Jun 07, 2011 |
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Parasite sheds light on sleeping sickness
Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the sleeping sickness parasite could help inform treatments for the disease.
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Apr 21, 2011 |
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