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Category: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Posted on December 6, 2016December 10, 2016

ICGEB researchers adopt a novel approach to drug discovery

Researchers from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Delhi have found a novel route to discover new drug targets and potential drugs for parasites that cause several…

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Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

Infectious Zika virus found in saliva and urine

If researchers had earlier reported the presence of Zika virus in urine and saliva samples (besides semen, blood and breast milk), a new study has been able to find infectious…

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Posted on May 30, 2016July 20, 2016

Will the Zika infection rate during Olympics be lower?

In an open letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of  WHO, 150 scientists and doctors had cited several reasons why the Olympics, the world’s biggest sporting event to start from…

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Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Indian cholera vaccine found to be safe, efficacious

The safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccine Shanchol manufactured by the Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Private Limited, a Sanofi company, have been proved in a large-scale field trial involving 94,675…

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Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

GM mosquitoes check dengue in Brazil

The use of genetically engineered mosquitoes to control dengue and chikungunya-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito population in the wild got a shot in the arm in a study undertaken in Juazeiro,…

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Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Chikungunya vaccine shows promise

An experimental chikungunya vaccine to induce neutralising immune responses to kill the viruses once they enter the body has shown promise in mice. Mice vaccinated with the vaccine were “partially…

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