http://goldbamboo.com/ Schistosomiasis News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a214849.html A significant reduction in parasite burden and pathology by a vinyl sulfone cysteine protease inhibitor suggests a new direction for chemotherapy of human schistosomiasis.Citation: Abdulla M, Lim KC, Sajid M, McKerrow JH, Caffrey CR (2007) Schistosomiasis mansoni: Novel chemotherapy using a cysteine protease inhibitor. PLoS Med 4(1): e14. [click link for full article] Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a199728.html Many middle-income countries have made great progress in the control of the tropical worm disease schistosomiasis, but political commitment and strong health systems are now needed to help countries with fewer resources, state the authors of a Seminar in this week's issue of The Lancet.Schistosomiasis is a wide-spread parasitic disease caused by infection with flatworms. [click link for full article] Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a180968.html The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that The Carter Center has been selected to receive the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health, in recognition of its pioneering work to fight neglected diseases such as Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis. [click link for full article] Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a137767.html A disease treatment programme started three years ago by Imperial College London has now treated over ten million African children and adults for schistosomiasis and intestinal worm infections in six sub-Saharan countries... click link for more info. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a126073.html The disability associated with schistosomiasis is far greater than previously thought,concludes a study published in this week's issue of The Lancet... click link for more info. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:00 EST