Gene Targeting Discovery At Dartmouth Medical School Turns Model Parasite Into Genetic Workhorse, Opens Door For Vaccines And Drugs

In a genetic leap that could help fast track vaccine and drug development to prevent or tame serious global diseases, DMS researchers have discovered how to destroy a key DNA pathway in a wily and widespread human parasite. The feat surmounts a major hurdle for targeting genes in Toxoplasma gondii, an infection model whose close relatives are responsible for diseases that include malaria and severe diarrhea.

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Filed under: Immune System / Vaccines on April 18th, 2009