#IVTNews: The new schistosomiasisvaccine on human trials
30/10/2015 11:33
· Afzal A. Siddiqui, Ph.D., has tested a new schistosomiasisvaccine with animals and is now planning human trials. The patented vaccine,SchistoShield®,may help protectabout 1 billion people from the parasitic disease found in tropical and subtropical climates. Over 200 million people in 74 countries suffer from schistosomiasis, or snail fever, today.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has supported Siddiqui’s research, as has the National Institutes of Health. Siddiqui is a Grover E. Murray Distinguished Professor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.