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Researcher receives $5.2 million to develop affordable diagnostic test for Chagas disease
Posted on Sep 21, 2016
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Athens, Ga. - An international team of researchers led by infectious disease experts at the University of Georgia has received $5.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a more accurate, affordable diagnostic test for Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that kills more...
Posted on Aug 4, 2016
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Posted on May 20, 2016
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UGA researchers to develop new treatment for Chagas disease
Posted on Jan 28, 2015
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Athens, Ga. - University of Georgia researchers in collaboration with Anacor Pharmaceuticals have received a $5.3 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a new drug for the treatment of Chagas disease, which they hope will be ready to enter clinical trials by 2016. Chagas...
UGA researchers discover route for potential Chagas disease animal vaccine
Posted on Oct 23, 2014
in CTEGD Blog, Research Article
Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered a new way to direct a vaccine to the parasite that causes Chagas disease, a leading cause of death among young to middle-age adults in areas of South America where it is endemic. Chagas disease...