Tag: Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD)
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Fighting sleep: UGA discovery may lead to new treatments for deadly sleeping sickness
While its common name may make it sound almost whimsical, sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis,…
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Parasitic worms may help treat diseases associated with obesity
On the list of undesirable medical conditions, a parasitic worm infection surely ranks fairly high.…
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UGA researchers find algal ancestor is key to how deadly pathogens proliferate
Long ago, when life on Earth was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled…
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UGA researchers to develop new diagnostic test for deadly parasitic disease
Researchers at the University of Georgia will soon begin a study designed to identify new…
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UGA partners with Emory, Georgia Tech and CDC Foundation on malaria research center
The University of Georgia, an internationally recognized leader in tropical and emerging global diseases and…
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UGA researcher honored for life sciences research
University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor Daniel Colley has been awarded the 2012 Christopher Columbus…
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Hitting parasites where they hurt: New research shows promise in the fight against toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common…
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Malaria discoveries could pave way for new therapies
Half the world’s population is at risk for contracting malaria. The deadly disease, spread by…
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UGA animal vaccine may slow deadly spread of Chagas disease
Chagas disease is the single most common cause of congestive heart failure and sudden death…
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Leading cause of blindness topic of next UGA Voices Lecture
Trachoma starts off looking like ordinary pink eye or conjunctivitis. But left untreated, this bacterial…
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Penn, UGA collaboration awarded $14.6 million to expand pathogen database
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia have been awarded a…
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UGA College of Veterinary Medicine researchers lead team in discovery
Researchers from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have made an unexpected dual…
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“Still A Wormy World” closes UGA’s 2009 Global Diseases Lecture Series
Jennifer Friedman, a pediatrician who conducts international health research out of Lifespan’s Center for International…
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Research shows protein is crucial to reproduction of parasites
Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia led by postdoctoral associate Giel…
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UGA president testifies before subcommittee
Testimony before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
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UGA microbiologist honored for work in fighting schistosomiasis
Dan Colley, professor of microbiology and director of the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical…
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UGA to host global health research symposium
The University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases will host an international…
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UGA scientists awarded Guggenheim fellowships
University of Georgia scientists Andrew Paterson and Pejman Rohani have been awarded John Simon Guggenheim…
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Squashing a bug
Toxoplasma gondii is one nasty bug.
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Global survey
Nearly 20 million people worldwide are infected with a parasitic ailment called Chagas disease, and…
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Grant will help provide informatics training to Brazilian scientists
UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases has received a $1.2 million, five-year grant from…
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Five-year Ellison grant will provide international research training
A new five-year grant of $275,400 from the Ellison Medical Foundation will provide international research…
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