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Mycology and immunology researchers from The University of Texas at San Antonio have been selected to receive a five-year, $6.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a San Antonio-based Coccidioidomycosis Collaborative Research Center (SA-CCRC) focused on developing therapeutics and vaccines against coccidioidomycosis.
The treatment could combat the No. 1 health problem in the U.S. sheep industry:
Haemonchus contortus, a parasite that infects the stomachs of ruminant animals, often leading to death.
The team included researchers from USDA s Agricultural Research Service, the University of Massachusetts and Virginia Tech. H. contortus is one of the most devastating parasites on earth for small ruminants, so obviously, these are incredibly exciting results, said Raffi Aroian, lead researcher and professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
ARS microbiologist Joe Urban, another lead researcher, said he has worked for decades trying to combat parasites. It s frustrated me my whole career, so it s exciting to finally make progress, he said.