Sixty million people in sub-Saharan Africa live at risk of African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by parasites transmitted through the tsetse fly. In the late stage of the disease, when... Read more
Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. These diseases affect million... Read more
Promises to yield powerful genetic tools that could one day eliminate the disease from sub-Saharan Africa After 10 years of research, scientists have finally been able to understand the DNA... Read more