Tropical Diseases

Health, Science & Environment

Wash U Researchers Awarded $24 Million In Effort To Eradicate Tropical Diseases

Shahla Farzan

Elephantiasis and river blindness are parasitic diseases straight out of a horror movie.In both cases, insects bite humans and transmit tiny parasitic…
Health, Science & Environment

Wash U To Engineer Bacteria To Kill Intestinal Parasites

A Washington University researcher has received a $100,000 global health grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research focused on…