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New life sciences research has been reported by scientists at Tufts University
June 4th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Schistosomes are the parasitic worms, which cause major disability and death in many parts of the world, especially Africa." "These worms dwell in human veins and eat blood. Although treatment exists, the chances of reinfection is more," wrote P. Skelly and colleagues, Tufts University. The researchers concluded: "A new geneome sequence and powerful genetic tools are being developed to create vaccine." Skelly and colleagues published their study in Scientific American (Fighting killer worms. Scientific American, 2008;298(5):94-99). For more...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-06-04)
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