Sleeping sickness: the tsetse fly genome decoded
The genome of the tsetse fly has been decoded at last. Ten years of work made it possible for a consortium of 145 scientists to publish the DNA sequence for the vector for sleeping sickness. This result is highly significant as the biology of the tsetse is unique. The information contained in its genome is fundamental for better understanding and controlling the fly. Vector control is still essential for controlling the disease without a vaccine and due to difficult treatments. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Century-old drug reverses signs of autism in mice
Compound used for sleeping sickness may point to new treatment approach (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - June 17, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Single dose of century-old drug approved for sleeping sickness reverses autism-like symptoms in mice
In a further test of a novel theory that suggests autism is the consequence of abnormal cell communication, researchers report that an almost century-old drug approved for treating sleeping sickness also restores normal cellular signaling in a mouse model of autism, reversing symptoms of the neurological disorder in animals that were the human biological age equivalent of 30 years old. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 17, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Uganda: New Research Deciphers Genetic Makeup of Tsetse Flies
[Observer]An international team of researchers, led by the Yale School of Public Health, has successfully sequenced the genetic code of the tsetse fly, opening the door to scientific breakthroughs that could end sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 4, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Genome Breakthrough Could Help Fight Against Sleeping Sickness
[IRIN]Kisumu/Nairobi -Scientists have welcomed the development of genome sequence data on the tsetse fly, the vector responsible for the transmission of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly known as sleeping sickness. They say it could be instrumental in devising strategies to eradicate the fly and reduce deaths and the spread of other diseases associated with it. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 29, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Tsetse Fly Genome Offers Hope in Sleeping Sickness Fight
[SciDev.Net]Cape Town -In the wake of publication of the tsetse fly's genome, scientists say insights from the discovery are likely to open up new avenues of research into possible ways of controlling the flies and the parasitic disease they spread: sleeping sickness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 16, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
How some trypanosomes cause sleeping sickness while others don't
Trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies cause devastating diseases in humans and livestock. Different subspecies infect different hosts: Trypanosoma brucei brucei infects cattle but is non-infectious to humans, whereas T. b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense cause sleeping sickness in humans. A new study reveals how humans can fight off some trypanosomes but not others. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Tsetse fly genome offers hope in sleeping sickness fight
We can now unlock its behavioural and physiological secrets and use them in new control methods, say scientists. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - May 15, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Africa: Research Breakthrough Could Cut Sleeping Sickness
[Yale University]New Haven -An international team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has successfully sequenced the genetic code of the tsetse fly, opening the door to scientific breakthroughs that could reduce or end the scourge of African sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. The study is published in the journal Science. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Genetic Code of Tsetse Fly May Help Fight Sleeping Sickness
Title: Genetic Code of Tsetse Fly May Help Fight Sleeping SicknessCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/2014 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/25/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - April 25, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tsetse fly genome reveals weaknesses: International 10-year project unravels biology of disease-causing fly
Mining the genome of the disease-transmitting tsetse fly, researchers have revealed the genetic adaptions that allow it to have such unique biology and transmit disease to both humans and animals. The tsetse fly spreads the parasitic diseases human African trypanosomiasis, known as sleeping sickness, and Nagana that infect humans and animals respectively. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, 70 million people are currently at risk of deadly infection. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Genetic Code of Tsetse Fly May Help Fight Sleeping Sickness
Scientists spent a decade sequencing its genome, and hope to find new targets for pest control
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A scourge of rural Africa, the tsetse fly is genetically deciphered
(Yale University) An international team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has successfully sequenced the genetic code of the tsetse fly, opening the door to scientific breakthroughs that could reduce or end the scourge of African sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. The study is published in the journal Science. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 24, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Genetic code of the deadly tsetse fly unraveled
(KU Leuven) A decade-long effort by members of the International Glossina Genome Initiative has produced the first complete genome sequence of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans. The blood-sucking insect is the sole transmitter of sleeping sickness, a potentially deadly disease endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The vast store of genetic data will help researchers develop new ways to prevent the disease and provide insights into the tsetse fly's unique biology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 24, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Zambia: Sleeping Sickness Breaks Out in Rufunsa
[Times of Zambia]SUSPECTED sleeping sickness has broken out in Rufunsa District, east of Lusaka, Member of Parliament Kenneth Chipungu has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 22, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
