Science news articles about 'african sleeping sickness'
The Drug Resurrector
... to bring a single drug to pharmacy shelves, it’s little wonder that unprofitable afflictions like malaria and African sleeping sickness go largely ignored. Curtis Chong witnessed ...Virtual screening leads to real progress in drug design
... computational approach not only could lead to improved drugs for treating African sleeping sickness, but it could be used to develop compounds for use against other illnesses for which we need better ...McGill researcher on a quest to cure disfiguring parasitic disease
... of a totally new approach to treating Leishmania and related diseases like African Sleeping Sickness and Chagas' Disease, according to a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. In ...Scans show immune cells intercepting parasites
... same family of microbes, the trypanosomes. These include Trypanosomiasis, the cause of African sleeping sickness, which disrupts the lymph, circulatory and nervous systems and is fatal if untreated, ...Parasite breaks its own DNA to avoid detection
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, is like a thief donning a disguise. Every time the host's immune cells get close to destroying ...Parasite Breaks Its Own DNA To Avoid Detection
The parasite that causes African sleeping sickness is like a thief donning a disguise. Every time the host's immune cells get close to destroying the parasite, it ...Scientists develop tool to study a deadly parasite’s histone code
... changes that are likely to play a role in the molecular origami of transcription initiation in Trypanosoma brucei, the deadly single-celled parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness.Genital stimulation opens door for cryptic female choice in tsetse flies
Manipulation of male and/or female genitalia results in a suite of changes in female reproductive behavior in tsetse flies, carriers of African sleeping sickness.Genital Stimulation Opens Door For Cryptic Female Choice In Tsetse Flies
Manipulation of male and/or female genitalia results in a suite of changes in female reproductive behavior in tsetse flies, carriers of African sleeping sickness.
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