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New Drug 95% Effective Against Sleeping Sickness In Adults: Lancet Study
A new, single-dose oral treatment for sleeping sickness is 95 per cent effective in adults and adolescents, regardless of disease stage, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Fatal Sleeping Sickness Can Spread Through Skin: Study
Skin plays a significant role in harbouring and transmitting a parasite that causes African sleeping sickness - a condition which is often fatal if left untreated, a new study has found.
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Compound Found To Treat 3 Parasitic Tropical Diseases
In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation found the compound can cure all three diseases in mice, and does not harm normal human cells in laboratory tests.
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Need to develop drugs for the most neglected diseases
There is a chronic lack of effective, affordable, easy-to-use medications for neglected diseases. Drug research and development (R&D) for tropical diseases is at a virtual standstill. Therefore there is a need to stimulate R&D activities for the neglected diseases prevalent in the developing world.
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New Drug 95% Effective Against Sleeping Sickness In Adults: Lancet Study
A new, single-dose oral treatment for sleeping sickness is 95 per cent effective in adults and adolescents, regardless of disease stage, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Fatal Sleeping Sickness Can Spread Through Skin: Study
Skin plays a significant role in harbouring and transmitting a parasite that causes African sleeping sickness - a condition which is often fatal if left untreated, a new study has found.
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Compound Found To Treat 3 Parasitic Tropical Diseases
In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation found the compound can cure all three diseases in mice, and does not harm normal human cells in laboratory tests.
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Need to develop drugs for the most neglected diseases
There is a chronic lack of effective, affordable, easy-to-use medications for neglected diseases. Drug research and development (R&D) for tropical diseases is at a virtual standstill. Therefore there is a need to stimulate R&D activities for the neglected diseases prevalent in the developing world.
