Drug inhibits infection that causes watery diarrhea
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have demonstrated that heparin, a type of sulfated polysaccharide, inhibits infection with Cryptosporidium parvum, a protozoan that causes diarrhea in humans and other mammals. This will facilitate the development of anti-cryptosporidial agents.