Virtual screening leads to real progress in drug design

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences) Around 150 thousand people per year get the parasitic disease African sleeping sickness, but the only medicines to treat it are either difficult to administer, expensive, or toxic. Now a team of scientists has put computers to work to find a solution.

Brown study: Schistosomiasis more debilitating than estimated

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:00:00 -0600

The health effects of one strain of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease common in developing countries, are seven to 46 times greater than previously estimated, according to new Brown University research. The study findings, which appear in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, may have major implications for global health policy.