New Cure for Worms

Latest research from UCSD on new, powerful cure against intestinal parasitic roundworms (soil transmitted helminths) like hookworms, whipworms, and Ascaris. These parasites infect 2 billion of the poorest peoples and are a leading source of disease burden in school-aged children. The world has virtually ignored the issues of less than adequate drugs and emerging parasite resistance. Here we turn to an organic solution, natural soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Cry5B). This bacterium evolved to kill roundworms and is the same bacterium used by organic farmers. We find that Cry5B is superior to current anthlemintics, like nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists (levamisole, pyrantel, tribendimidine) and benzimidazoles (like albendazole, mebendazole) in a small mammal model. This finding is new hope in our battle against these dangerous parasites.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Wormfreeworld
• anthelmintic
• antithelmintic
• anthelminthic
• antihelminthic
• crystal proteins
• Bacillus thuringiensis
• Cry5B
• hookworm
• hookworms
• whipworm
• whipworms
• Ascaris
• roundworm
• roundworms
• nematodes
• nematode
• helminth
• helminths
• crystal protein
• anti-worm
• anti-roundworm
• neglected tropical diseases
• children's health
• tribendimidine
• Heligmosomoides polygyrus
• PLoS NTD

[hurryupche]

What the heck what about filariasis and schistosomiasis and liver flukes!!!!! These have way! Way higher prevalence and are associated with serious illness.??!

[wormfreeworld]

@hurryupche: Thanks for your interest in tropical diseases and for bringing to light these two other very important diseases that also deserve attention. Filarial worms infect roughly 170 million people, Schistosomes roughly 200 million. Ascaris alone infects from between 800 million to well over 1 billion people. Whipworms and hookworms also infect more than 500 million people each, with some estimates of close to 1 billion.

[davide290]

cool! who do I give my application to?

[nohealthcare62]

The USA needs MEBENDAZOLE many people are infested in Dixie with HOOKWORMS no sewers Hookworm thrives ! Please read Open Sewers in Harlem .People in Tennessee are being treated for everything but Parasite infections .We need mebendazole over the counter like the Canadians have

[TheMegahVideoz]

yh realplayer my frend

[TruthRevisited28]

prouda ya boy!

[mewboy23799]

I just gotta say, I'm part of his lab, and hell, I'm proud of it.

[HungreyNomad]

Is there any way i can download this video from you?

[IvyAndRoses]

wow that is fantastic!!!