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Honoring antiparasitics: The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
| Title: | Honoring antiparasitics: The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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| Authors: | Wei-June Chen |
| Source: | Biomedical Journal, Vol 39, Iss 2, Pp 93-97 (2016) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2016. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Artemisinin, Avermectin filariasis, Malaria, 2015 Nobel Prize, Medicine (General), R5-920, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: | Protozoa and helminths are the two main groups that cause parasitic diseases with a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms. Protozoa are unicellular organisms like the malaria parasite Plasmodium, which is responsible for the majority of deaths associated with parasitic infections. Helminths are alternative parasites that can produce debilitating diseases in hosts, some of which result in chronic infections. The discovery of effective therapeutic drugs is the key to improving health in regions of poverty and poor sanitation where these parasites usually occur. It is very encouraging that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Youyou Tu as well as William C. Campbell and Satoshi Õmura for their considerable contributions in discovering artemisinin and avermectin, respectively. Both drugs revolutionized therapies for filariasis and malaria, significantly reducing by large percentages their morbidity and mortality. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2319-4170 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417016300634; https://doaj.org/toc/2319-4170 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bj.2016.04.002 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/72deaa62604f47d7943d4e3fe2384e47 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.72deaa62604f47d7943d4e3fe2384e47 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23194170 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bj.2016.04.002 |
| Published in: | Biomedical Journal |
| Language: | English |