News tagged with trypanosomes
New research shows how disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity
Trypanosomes are parasites responsible for many human and animal diseases, primarily in tropical climates. One disease these parasites cause, African sleeping sickness, results from the bite of infected tsetse flies, putting ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Researchers capture bacterial infection on film (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to make a movie of bacteria infecting their living host.
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Breakthrough in treatment of sleeping sickness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of Sleeping Sickness, otherwise known as Human African Trypanosomasis.
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Gene variant increases risk of kidney disease in African-Americans
African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Major advance in sleeping sickness drug made by Glasgow scientists
A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on September 6th presents a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Led by Professor Peter Kennedy, researchers at the ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein: 50-year search for calcium channel ends
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitochondria, those battery-pack organelles that fuel the energy of almost every living cell, have an insatiable appetite for calcium. Whether in a dish or a living organism, the mitochondria ...
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Scientists identify livestock genes to unlock protection against one of Africa's oldest animal plagues
An international research team using a new combination of approaches has found two genes that may prove of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods of millions of farmers in a tsetse fly-plagued swathe of Africa the ...
May 16, 2011 |
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A safer treatment could be realized for millions suffering from parasite infection
A safer and more effective treatment for 10 million people in developing countries who suffer from infections caused by trypanosome parasites could become a reality thanks to new research from Queen Mary, University of London ...
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Parasite-induced genetically driven autoimmune chagas disease
Researchers have shown that the Trypanosoma cruzi agent of Chagas Disease (CD) invades host embryo cells and spreads its mitochondrial DNA (kDNA) minicircles into the host's genome. Dr. Antonio Teixeira and associates at the ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Shining a light on trypanosome reproduction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Compelling visual evidence of sexual reproduction in African trypanosomes, single-celled parasites that cause major human and animal diseases, has been found by researchers from the University ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Potential chink in armor of African sleeping sickness parasite: It's social
Long considered a freewheeling loner, the Trypanosoma brucei parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness has revealed a totally unexpected social side, opening a potential chink in the behavioral armor of this and ot ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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How to still kill a resistant parasite
Scientists from the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, in collaboration with colleagues from several developing countries, were able to restore a sleeping sickness parasite's susceptibility to drugs. The parasite causes ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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