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The latest news on tropical disease research, as assembled by the TropIKA.net editorial team.
9 Feb 2010
Nigerian scientist wins national award for sleeping sickness research
Professor Andrew Jonathan Nok’s research could lead on to the development of a vaccine against trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
Source: Press reports
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9 Feb 2010
Could drug reformulation provide new treatment for river blindness and sleeping sickness?
A US researcher has been awarded a $2 million grant to investigate the potential of flubendazole as a treatment for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
Source: Michigan State University
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9 Feb 2010
Research unit in The Gambia unveils its new strategy
The main focus of research at the Gambian unit of the MRC (UK) will be child survival, disease control and elimination, and vaccines.
Source: Medical Research Council (UK)
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4 Feb 2010
Obama plans to increase support for global health; neglected disease funding would more than double
Regardless of the state of the global economy, the Obama administration has put forward a budget for 2011 that would increase funding for global health by 9%, and for neglected tropical diseases by an astonishing 140%.
Source: TropIKA.net
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2 Feb 2010
Towards a dengue vaccine: another candidate enters trials
This mosquito-borne viral disease is becoming more common, with over 50 million cases every year. At least five potential vaccines are now known to be under development.
Source: TropIKA.net
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1 Feb 2010
The Gates Foundation’s expansion of its support, and the thinking that lies behind it
As global health organizations welcome the news of the Gates’ Foundation’s new support for vaccination development and delivery, TropIKA.net takes a close look at Bill Gates’ “Annual Letter”.
Source: TropIKA.net
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1 Feb 2010
Confirmation: rotavirus vaccination programmes save children’s lives in poor countries
Studies from Mexico and southern Africa show that rotavirus vaccine can cut rates of diarrhoeal disease.
Source: PATH
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28 Jan 2010
Patent pool for infectious disease research: new developments
Independent group will administer the GSK–Alnylam Intellectual Property Pool.
Source: BIO Ventures for Global Health
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20 Jan 2010
New malaria vaccine described as “complementary”
A malaria “transmission blocking vaccine” (TBV) is to be developed in a new collaborative project, but vaccines against other stages of the parasite’s development will also be needed.
Source: TropIKA.net
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20 Jan 2010
Drug giant puts details of compounds that could treat malaria into the public domain
GlaxoSmithKline will make public 13,500 “confirmed-hit structures”.
Source: Guardian
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