Sentences with phrase «develops against this parasite»

As a cat matures, there is a natural immunity that develops against this parasite.

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H. contortus has become resistant to all major treatments against parasitic worms, so its genome is a good model to understand how drug resistance develops in this complex group of closely related parasites and will also reveal further potential drug and vaccine targets.
This finding also paves the way for practical applications: the ETH spin - off Malcisbo, which came from the microbiologist's laboratory, endeavours, on the basis of these surface sugar structures to develop novel vaccines against parasites and pathogenic germs for livestock and humans.
Researchers at Stanford University purified the proteasome from the malaria parasite and examined its activity against hundreds of different peptide sequences using a novel method developed at the University of California, San Francisco.
«Exploring this further opens up the possibility that we could use this knowledge against the parasite by developing tools with crucial chemicals found in human odour.»
We've already moved away from using quinine to treat cases as the malaria parasite has become more resistant to it, but if further drug resistance were to develop against our most valuable malaria drug, artemisinin, we would be facing a grave situation.
This discovery will help to develop crop plants that feature enhanced protection against this type of parasites.
Krogstad said that the same biotechnology that helped the team develop the new drug has also identified similar drugs that also hold promise against drug - resistant parasites.
Medical researchers have developed a new treatment against drug - resistant strains of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite that causes malaria.
A better approach, however, may be to develop drugs against the PfEMP1 gene - switching mechanism, which presumably varies little from parasite to parasite.
It would be the only vaccine yet developed against a human parasite, an achievement of Nobel caliber.
«A global disaster,» predicts another, contemplating what could happen if malaria parasites worldwide developed resistance against the new artemisinin - based combination therapies (ACTs) that have become the gold standard.
«As drug resistance is a major problem for malaria control and eradication, it is critical that that we continue to develop new antimalarials that act against previously unexploited targets in the parasite to keep priming the drug pipeline.»
Scientists have been working for decades to develop a vaccine against malaria, but the Plasmodium parasite is a formidable foe.
Previous studies had shown that the apicoplast - targeting drugs have a delayed - death effect: They allow the parasite to grow and replicate in the liver, where the immune system can develop antibodies against the invaders.
«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.»
The findings could also help to develop new medicines against the diseases caused by the parasites.
Their team has developed an experimental vaccine against Leishmania parasites.
Developing a vaccine against a parasite that is notorious for hiding from the host immune response would take many years during which several bird species would likely become extinct.
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Happily, given its significance in developing countries, the paper, «Antibodies to PfSEA - 1 block parasite egress from RBCs and protect against malaria infection,» is not behind the Science subscription wall.
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