Publication Date:
2015-06-27
Description:
Article Screening for new anthelmintic compounds that are active against parasitic nematodes is costly and labour intensive. Here, the authors use the non-parasitic nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to identify 30 anthelmintic lead compounds in an effective and cost-efficient manner. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8485 Authors: Andrew R. Burns, Genna M. Luciani, Gabriel Musso, Rachel Bagg, May Yeo, Yuqian Zhang, Luckshika Rajendran, John Glavin, Robert Hunter, Elizabeth Redman, Susan Stasiuk, Michael Schertzberg, G. Angus McQuibban, Conor R. Caffrey, Sean R. Cutler, Mike Tyers, Guri Giaever, Corey Nislow, Andy G. Fraser, Calum A. MacRae, John Gilleard, Peter J. Roy
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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