New drug targets revealed from giant parasitic worm genome sequence
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets to control the devastating parasitic disease ascariasis, which affects more than one billion people in China, South East Asia, South America and parts of Africa, killing thousands of people annually and causing chronic effects in young children.