By Brenda Goodman, CNN Published 3:55 PM EDT, Thu October 19, 2023 Researchers say they’ve detected leishmaniasis, which is spread by sand flies, in a number of samples from patients who say they have not traveled outside the United States.EzumeImages/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesMove over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – The parasites that cause a disfiguring skin disease affecting about 12 million people globally may have met their match in vaccines developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology, new research suggests. Phase 1 human trials are set to start later this year with a vaccine designed to prevent infection by Leishmania major, the...
by University of Nottingham Schematic 3D model of Toxoplasma gondii inside a host cell. Credit: Nottingham, University of Scientists have discovered that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumors. The research, published today in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy...
by Luciana Constantino, FAPESP Group affiliated with a FAPESP-supported research center showed that the parasite blocks the action of an enzyme using autophagy. Credit: Leishmania (orange) infecting macrophage / Renan V. H. de Carvalho & Dario Zamboni Researchers have succeeded in revealing the arsenal used by protozoans of the genus Leishmania in human cells to make leishmaniasis more severe,...
MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MADISON — Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have isolated a natural chemical that acts as a potent kryptonite against schistosomes, the parasitic worms that burrow through human skin and cause devastating health problems. A research team led by Morgridge investigator Phillip Newmark reported in today’s (Oct. 17, 2019) issue...
Researchers at Kanazawa University have discovered that an insect virus (a baculovirus) can completely eliminate liver-stage malaria parasites in mice, thus offering hope for safer and more effective treatments for the disease than existing drugs KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY Kanazawa, Japan – Currently, few antimalarial treatments exist that effectively kill liver-stage malaria parasites, which can lay dormant...
ALTERNATE HYPOTHESIS Most researchers believe that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by amyloid plaques or protein tangles. But NPR reports that another theory has been percolating in the scientific community for decades: that the memory-ravaging illness is caused by an infectious microbe. And one advocate is putting up $1 million of his own money to anyone who can provide proof of that hypothesis. FORGET...
