In more current, but not yet published work, Sattler is also fusing NMR and crystallography in a drug discovery project to find small molecule inhibitors that neutralize trypanosoma, parasites that
cause sleeping sickness, by disrupting life - critical protein - protein interactions.
While scientists have known for years that African trypanosomes
cause sleeping sickness, they've been left scratching their heads as to how these tiny single - celled organisms communicate.
Such is the case for the trypanosomes, the protists I discussed last time as the source of Chagas Disease, but which also
cause sleeping sickness in Africa.
It's a tsetse fly, the carrier of the single - celled parasites that
cause sleeping sickness.
The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei is a pathogen that
causes sleeping sickness, with an estimated 20,000 case per year.
What do you know about proteins from the organism that
causes sleeping sickness?
Not exact matches
I give you all this info because it's been hard for me to figure out what is
causing his
sleep problems; growth spurt,
sickness, teething??
Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is
caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
The trypanosome parasites that
cause African
sleeping sickness are awesome adversaries.
Sleeping sickness,
caused by two subspecies of the Trypanosoma brucei unicellular parasite and transmitted by tsetse flies, affects an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people annually in Africa.
Gambian
sleeping sickness, or Gambian human African trypanosomiasis, is
caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, carried by tsetse flies in Central and West Africa.
Since then, scientists have used the technique to eradicate the screwworm fly, which
causes lesions on livestock, from North and Central America; the tsetse fly, which brings
sleeping sickness, from Zanzibar; and the pink bollworm, a pest of cotton, from California.
«But the differences discovered in the distribution machinery in parasites and humans are of particular interest for developing new medicines against the
sleeping sickness and other illnesses
caused by trypanosomes in humans and animals.»
Nanotubes fuse to form vesicles in African trypanosomes, a parasite that
causes African
sleeping sickness.
Trypanosomes are single - celled parasites that
cause diseases such as human African
sleeping sickness and Nagana in animals.
Ullu was recognized for her lab's work with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which
causes African
sleeping sickness, to uncover a novel mechanism of gene silencing known as RNA interference.
African trypanosomes
cause human
sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cilia play important roles in nearly every human organ and also are essential for the survival of many parasites, such as trypanosoma brucei that
causes African
sleeping sickness, giving Dong's work the potential for wide influence.
Tsetse are the insect vector of the trypanosomiasis parasite which
causes disease in animals (with major knock - on effects on the farmers who are financially dependent on their livestock), and
sleeping sickness in people (fatal when not properly treated).
Sleep Debt: The accumulated sleep lost due to poor sleep habits, sickness, environmental factors and other c
Sleep Debt: The accumulated
sleep lost due to poor sleep habits, sickness, environmental factors and other c
sleep lost due to poor
sleep habits, sickness, environmental factors and other c
sleep habits,
sickness, environmental factors and other
causes
Participants were excluded if they were currently taking a prescribed or over - the - counter
sleep medication, currently taking medication
causing drowsiness or alertness, had neck or back pain preventing use of the Dreampad Pillow ®, commonly experienced motion
sickness (sometimes reported from Dreampad Pillow ® use), had a medical diagnosis
causing sleep disruption, had pets or family members
causing sleep disruption, were pregnant, or were smokers (see Figure 1).