A Modified Treatment Schedule Wipes Out Dormant, Drug-Evading Parasites in Mice (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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A Modified Treatment Schedule Wipes Out Dormant, Drug-Evading Parasites in Mice (1 of 4)

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Using bioluminescent imaging, the researchers studied how different doses of benznidazole affected parasite loads in the feet of mice. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 28, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.M. Bustamante at University of Georgia in Athens, Greece; and colleagues was titled, "A modified drug regimen clears active and dormant trypanosomes in mouse models of Chagas disease."

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[Credit: J.M. Bustamante <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2020)]

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