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July 14, 2020
Chemical offers new hope of finding treatments for neglected tropical diseases
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the trypanosome parasite that causes human African trypanosomiasis, otherwise known as sleeping sickness, paving the way for a potential cure.
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February 26, 2020
New Hope for a Neglected Disease
Two Cummings School researchers studying schistosomiasis find molecules that may hold the key to a cure
January 14, 2020
Malnutrition linked with increased risk of Zika birth defects
The severity of Zika virus-related deformations in babies has been shown to be affected by environmental…
January 7, 2020
Study reveals breastfeeding could protect babies from malaria
esearchers from The University of Western Australia have taken the first step towards understanding whether it…
December 17, 2019
ZIKA EPIDEMIC LIKELY SUPPRESSED DENGUE IN LATIN AMERICA
New findings published today in Nature Communications show that the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America…
November 16, 2019
First vaccine to protect against Ebola
November 14, 2019
Scientists now know how Zika and dengue viruses assemble inside host, will improve vaccine and antiviral efforts
On how the dengue and Zika viruses assemble when they infect human and mosquito hosts.
October 28, 2019
Editing mosquito’s gene wards off malaria and halts reproduction
Scientists have looked for immune system factors that might help mosquitoes ward off pathogens such as…
October 18, 2019
First vaccine to protect against Ebola
October 17, 2019
Tiny Creature Could Help Prevent Devastating Parasitic Disease
Scientists have discovered and purified a substance made by rotifers that can paralyze the worms that…