Inhibitors of glycosomal protein import provide new leads against trypanosomiasis
July 3, 2017
This article comments on work published by Dawidowski et al. (Science, 2017), which provides the grounds for further development of the glycosome inhibitors into clinical candidates and validates the parasite protein-protein interactions as drug targets.
Neuropathogenesis caused by Trypanosoma brucei, still an enigma to be unveiled
April 5, 2021
This Editorial addresses the meningo-encephalitic stage of Trypanosoma brucei infection and the resultig neuropathogenesis as well as the impact that the application of tools developed in the last years in the field of neuroscience will have on the study of neglected tropical diseases.