Efficient vaccines against leishmaniasis could take decades to be produced, says researcher

Dr. Alexandre Reis, a defender of joining efforts of different groups and countries around the subject, believes this impasse is gradually being overcome, and Brazil, along with the BSTM, is a key player

A vaccine against malaria, successfully being used in African countries and reducing deaths by the disease, reveals the advances in researches involving parasitic diseases. However, when talking about leishmaniasis, we are still in the first steps of a "long highway", according to the Clinical Parasitology professor at the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Doctor Alexandre Barbosa Reis. "Until we have walked enough to reach...

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Zika leads to the death of induced pluripotent human stem cells introduced and harvested as neural stem cells, disturbs the neurosphere formation and reduces the growth of cerebral organoids

Research describes how Zika virus could affect brain development

As researches involving Zika virus advance, each time more the relation of the agent and microcephaly is confirmed. A paper published in Science magazine, concluded that brain cells are the virus' target compromising the organs' growth and viability. The study was based in two models: mini-brains (or cerebral organoids, which are neuron structures that simulate what happens in the brain during the first three months...

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A recent study by Brazilian researchers showed that chloroquine, present in some drugs used against malaria, could effectively protect fetuses' brains against Zika

Vaccine against Zika virus should take over four years to reach the market

Despite the urge for actions to fight Zika, an effective vaccine against the virus could take five years to reach the market. The information was recently announced by a director of the Health Ministry and meets the infectious diseases expert Kleber Luz beliefs. "A vaccine against Zika clearly won't be available for the next three or four years. It is almost impossible it does". Explains Doctor Kleber, who works at the Infectious Diseases...

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Angola intends to quickly control the yellow fever outbreak in the Country

According to Doctor Filomeno Fortes, despite the government's political and financial commitment, the vaccine's availability in the international markets does not allow a fast increase in the vaccine coverage

Vaccination has been the main weapon against the yellow fever outbreak in Angola, Africa, already counting over 250 deaths.

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