'Kissing Bug' Parasite Study Searches for Drug Therapy

Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 10:01 in Health & Medicine

With funding from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, Veronica Jimenez is guiding a study to fight the "kissing bug" parasite targeted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for public health action. Her doctorate in biomedical sciences, plus degrees in pharmacy and biochemistry are her foundation.

Read the whole article on Newswise - Scinews

More from Newswise - Scinews

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net