African sleeping sickness, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted by the tsetse fly and is fatal if left untreated. New research reveals a method to manipulate trypanosomes in ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

more commonly known as African sleeping sickness. The findings could have a major impact on the way the disease is diagnosed, treated and potentially eradicated. The team of researchers ...

Whatever happened to a $1.8 millon grant Cleveland State University was awarded to research African sleeping sickness? The research group from CSU's College of Sciences and Health Professions is ...

New diagnostic tools are being tested that would quickly indicate whether a person has African sleeping sickness. Current methods of diagnosis are slow and cumbersome and delay life-saving treatment.

Paul Capewell receives funding from The Wellcome Trust. Annette MacLeod does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

Flagellar or ciliary motility is important for cytokinesis in some protists. In the example of the African trypanosome ... for drug design against sleeping sickness, a tropical disease of Sub ...

Cyanotriazole compounds are fast-acting topoisomerase II poisons that can selectively and rapidly kill trypanosome parasites that cause Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, according to a ...

PaxMedica is expecting to file an NDA with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of PAX-101 to treat Stage 1 African Sleeping Sickness (also known as Human African ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

(HAT), commonly referred to as African Sleeping Sickness, has recently received treatment with PAX-101, an intravenous form of Suramin, and is recovering at home. The Rhodesiense strain of Human ...