Rapid Diagnostic Developed for Deadly Sleeping Sickness
Trypanosoma brucei parasites from mammalian host. Credit: Dr. Mae Melvin/CDC, adapted. Scientists at the University of Kent have developed a ...
Tag: Human African Trypanosomiasis
G7 Nations Call for Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Tropical Diseases
The national science academies of the G7 countries issued statements to their respective governments calling for a comprehensive strategy to ...
NIAID Funds Eukaryotic Pathogen Genomics Database
Significant reductions in the cost of genome sequencing in the past decade have ushered in the era of "Big Data," ...
New Hope for Drug Discovery in African Sleeping Sickness
In early drug discovery, you need a starting point, says Northeastern University associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology Michael ...
Brucellosis, Anthrax Diseases Neglected in Developing World
Decades of neglect have allowed infectious diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis to devastate the lives of thousands ...
Global Partners are Taking the ‘Neglect’ Out Of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’
Two years after the launch of a landmark private and public partnership, the world is accelerating progress in combating 10 ...
UK Awards 5-Year Grant to Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has announced its renewed support to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), ...
Open Access Initiative Helps Neglected Tropical Disease Drug Effort
The potential of openly sharing drug development data for neglected or rare diseases was aptly demonstrated with this week’s announcement ...
