Pitt, US Army team designs new strategy to find drugs to treat neglected infection
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 05:14
in Health & Medicine
Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection that many consider one of the world's most overlooked diseases. The findings are available online today in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases...
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