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  • Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds

    Oct 1, 2020 9:45 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Pathobiology professor Sumiti Vinayak was the lead author of the multi-institutional study. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Pathobiology professor Sumiti Vinayak was the lead author of the multi-institutional study. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    An anti-malarial drug class also kills the Cryptosporidium parasite, an infection that has no effective treatment or cure to date, a new study found.