A serum developed by Yale researchers reduces infection from malaria in mice, according to a new study. It works by attacking a protein in the saliva of the mosquitos infected with the malaria parasite rather than the parasite ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that dormancy of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi prevents effective drug treatment for Chagas disease, which kills more than 50,000 people each year in Central and South ...
Mar 30, 2018
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New research suggests that parasitic worms could someday help prevent or treat pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study, published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Gastrointestinal and Liver ...
Mar 2, 2018
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Research shows that the dye methylene blue is a safe antimalarial that kills malaria parasites at an unprecedented rate. Within two days, patients are cured of the disease and no longer transmit the parasite if they are bitten ...
Feb 6, 2018
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More than 180 scientists, malaria programme leaders and policy makers from around the world have come together through a consultative process to update the research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication, first published ...
Nov 30, 2017
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A single protein from a worm parasite may one day offer new therapeutic options for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis, that avoid the potentially serious side effects of current immunosuppressant ...
Nov 24, 2017
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Scientists have made a fundamental discovery about how our body's immune system clears harmful infections.
Nov 16, 2017
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The populations found in the Americas of Plasmodium vivax, one of the main human malaria parasites, are as genetically diverse as those found in Southeast Asia, where malaria transmission is much more frequent.
Oct 27, 2017
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Chagas disease is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and is transmitted to humans through triatomine blood-sucking insects commonly referred to as "kissing bugs" or "vampire bugs." ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from an FDA-supervised clinical trial published in the latest issue of The Lancet Infectious ...
Sep 13, 2017
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