New hope for drug discovery in African sleeping sickness

(Northeastern University) The neglected trop­ical dis­ease affects tens of thou­sands of people and is mostly fatal. Now, new research co-​​authored by North­eastern chem­istry pro­fessor Michael Pol­lastri has iden­ti­fied hun­dreds of chem­ical com­pounds that could lead to a cure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news