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Researchers may have found a new way to fight skin-burrowing schistosomiasis parasite

Posted on October 18, 2019

Scientists led by Morgridge Institute for Research investigator Phillip Newmark have isolated a potent kryptonite against the parasitic worms, which cause devastating health problems.

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Ebola vaccine inches toward human clinical trials

Posted on February 21, 2018

The need for an Ebola vaccine is acute. Periodic outbreaks of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including an epidemic between 2013 and 2016, caused major loss of life and serious economic disruption.

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Ebola vaccine inches toward human clinical trials

Posted on February 21, 2018

The need for an Ebola vaccine is acute. Periodic outbreaks of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including an epidemic between 2013 and 2016, caused major loss of life and serious economic disruption.

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Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus

Posted on December 13, 2017

Scientists investigating an outbreak of respiratory disease in a community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda were surprised and dismayed to discover that rhinovirus C was killing healthy chimps.

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