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Sleeping sickness project passes 20-month milestone

30 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The aim of the project is to design a drug to inhibit a key parasite enzyme involved in the conversion of blood sugars to energy, to be effective in small doses, even on advanced infections, and kill the parasite...

Scientists create therapeutic venom database

26 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Venom Knowledge Base summarises the results of 5,117 studies in the medical literature describing the use of venom toxins as painkillers and as treatments for diseases...

Gene map identifies genes unique to different cancers

26 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Scientists from the University of Toronto have switched off, one by one, almost 18,000 genes - 90% of the entire human genome - to find the genes that are essential for cell survival...