Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía

Bahía Blanca, Argentina


Purpose

to identify new anthelmintic drugs to treat parasitic nematodes by using the related free-living and genetically tractable model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to screen natural plant extracts and isolate potentially novel drugs.

Division

Global Health

Date

October 2013

Region Served

GLOBAL

Committed amount

$100,000

Grant topic

Discovery and Translational Sciences

Duration (months)

25

Grantee location

Bahía Blanca, Argentina

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