Tropical disease

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DDW Highlights: 26 May 2026

The latest episode of the DDW Highlights Podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates five key stories of the previous week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry news. Last week, a report showed patients in Europe face barriers to medicine access. Elsewhere,… Read More

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University of Dundee leads effort to tackle ‘cruel’ disease 

The University of Dundee has revealed plans to develop therapies to tackle a deadly tropical disease.  The £10 million ($13.4 million) project will accelerate research on new therapies for schistosomiasis. The disease is a chronic illness caused by microscopic worms found in contaminated freshwater. Found largely in Africa, South America, and Asia,… Read More

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Research on marine sponges could help treat tropical disease

Marine sponges could hold the answer to treating leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, according to new research by the Tokyo University of Science and the University of the Ryukyus in Japan.  A research team led by Associate Professor Kanami Mori-Yasumoto from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at… Read More

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Global research team aims to tackle tropical disease

A global research team is aiming to tackle schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting millions worldwide.  Researchers at the University of Glasgow will lead a large international collaboration with partners from Cameroon, Côte D’Ivoire, Malawi and the UK to better understand why schistosomiasis remains a devastating disease… Read More

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Grant funding worth nearly €800,000 to develop antiviral awarded

France’s National Research Agency (ANR) and Defense Innovation Agency (AID) will finance the BUNYANTIVIR project to introduce a novel therapeutic approach for Bunyaviricetes’ class of human pathogenic viruses found in tropical and subtropical regions. The BUNYANTIVIR project has been selected under the call for proposals for the 2024 ASTRID Maturation… Read More

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