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Awakening to new drugs against sleeping sickness

Sleeping sickness kills tens of thousands of people in Africa each year. Current chemotherapies are subject to various limitations, including resistance. Rhodesain, an enzyme of the parasites that cause this ...

Cancer created May 17, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wild animals may contribute to the resurgence of African sleeping sickness

Wild animals may be a key contributor to the continuing spread of African sleeping sickness, new research published in PLOS Computational Biology shows. The West African form of the disease, also known as Gambiense Human ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New oral drug candidate for African sleeping sickness

A new oral-only treatment for sleeping sickness has entered Phase II/III clinical study in patients with late-stage sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and soon in Central African Republic (CAR). ...

Medications created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Open access initiative reveals drug hits for deadly neglected tropical diseases

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announce today the identification of three chemical series targeting the treatment of deadly neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), through ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0