Monday, October 21, 2013

Statin, osteoporosis drug combo may help treat parasitic infections

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:00 PM PDT
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a combination of two commonly prescribed drugs used to treat high cholesterol and osteoporosis may serve as the foundation of a new treatment for toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. They published their findings recently in PLOS Pathogens.

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