(Medical Xpress)—A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers involves a classic case of evolution's fickle nature: a genetic mutation that protects against a potentially fatal infectious disease also appears ...
Jul 31, 2013
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A newly published extensive body of research into Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, has revealed new insights into the deadly parasitic disease that threatens the lives of millions of people ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Georgia are working to find the fastest way possible to treat and cure human African trypanosomiasis, long referred to as sleeping sickness. By working to improve chemical entities already ...
Aug 30, 2016
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A common human gene mutation combination—found in about 5% of the U.K.'s Black population as well as millions of people worldwide with recent African ancestry—has been linked to a number of health conditions and poor ...
Feb 15, 2024
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The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has announced today at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) in Basel, Switzerland, the successful completion of Phase I human ...
Sep 8, 2015
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed "unprecedented progress" in the fight against 18 neglected tropical diseases—including dengue fever and sleeping sickness—which kill 170,000 people and disable millions ...
Apr 19, 2017
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Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), more commonly known as sleeping sickness, has been granted in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Jan 30, 2019
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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 illness (human ...
May 17, 2013
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The life chances of over one billion people could be improved through examining the transmission of nine neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), an international consortium of researchers has argued. Leprosy, Elephantiasis and ...
Oct 21, 2015
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Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host.
Dec 12, 2019
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