DNDi Latin America pledges 2013 Carlos Slim Health Award to chagas disease
(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Latin America today announced that it will pledge the US $100,000 Carlos Slim Health Award to Chagas disease, the leading parasitic killer of the Americas. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Unprecedented Efficacy Shown By Potential Chagas Vaccine Candidate
Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. Research from the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has resulted in a safe vaccine candidate that is simple to produce and shows a greater than 90 percent protection rate against chronic infection in mice. In a paper published online in PLOS ONE, the researchers describe how they identified and tested potential Trypanosoma cruzi (also known as T... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
Potential Chagas vaccine candidate shows unprecedented efficacy
(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. Research from the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has resulted in a safe vaccine candidate that is simple to produce and shows a greater than 90 percent protection rate against chronic infection in mice. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
A Potential Cure for Kissing Bug’s Infectious Bite
Chagas disease, which is caused by a parasite and transmitted by a “kissing bug,” can lead to intestinal infection, heart disease and even death. Right now, treatment options are limited and toxic. This might change if new research on VNI, a small molecule, continues to show promise. In mouse models, researchers used VNI to inhibit an enzyme that the parasite needs to survive, achieving both a 100 percent parasitological cure and survival rate with no toxic side effects. (Source: NIGMS Biomedical Beat)
Source: NIGMS Biomedical Beat - March 21, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: news
Potential Cure For Chagas Disease
Chagas disease, a deadly tropical infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by biting insects called "kissing bugs," has begun to spread around the world, including the U.S. Yet current treatment is toxic and limited to the acute stage. In The Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID), Galina Lepesheva, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College report curing both the acute and chronic forms of the infection in mice with a small molecule, VNI. VNI specifically inhibits a T... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
Cure in sight for kissing bug's bite
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Chagas disease, a deadly tropical infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by biting insects called "kissing bugs," has begun to spread around the world, including the U.S. Yet current treatment is toxic and limited to the acute stage. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Global Health: Chagas Disease Costs U.S. More Than Better-Known Illnesses
An obscure disease with which up to 10 million people may be infected costs the American economy $900 million a year, a study showed. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Chagas Disease Parasites Medicine and Health Source Type: news
New study highlights Chagas disease as a growing health and socio-economic challenge
(Sabin Vaccine Institute) Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas disease and found that the total economic burden of Chagas disease matches or exceeds that of many more well-known diseases such as rotavirus, Lyme disease and cervical cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
