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Eukaryotic Heme Transport as a Drug Target for Helminthic Infections
Published Sunday, November 12, 2006Helminthic infestations by parasitic worms afflict more than two billion people worldwide and cause more than eighty billion dollars of annual crop-loss globally. Novel treatments for these parasitic infections, for which there is no universal cure, can be developed based on studies by a University of Maryland researcher on heme transport using...
Categories: Natural Compounds, Drug Screen
Keyword(s): heme, heme synthesis, iron deficiency, anemia, parasite, parasitic infections
Docket: LS-2004-002