The parasite that causes Chagas disease is transmitted to people through the faeces of 'kissing bugs'
Marcelo de Campos Pereira
Research into new treatments for Chagas disease has picked up pace following years of stagnation, according to an article published inScience.
One drug is entering a phase I trial next year, and two others are entering phase II trials to determine whether they clear the parasite from chronically infected people.
"It's been decades since there was a clinical trial of a new drug for Chagas disease, so that is very exciting," Frederick Buckner, a biochemist at the University of Washington, United States, tellsScience magazine./.../Chagas disease: neglected no more?
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