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	Podcast:		Outbreak News Interviews
	Episode:		Chagas disease treatment research with Rick Tarleton, PhD
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:13:23
	Publish Date:		2020-11-05 22:36:49
	Description:		Chagas disease is a potentially life-threatening parasitic disease that affects up to 300,000 people in the United States and millions in South America. The current treatment regimen is--oral benznidazole in smaller twice-daily doses over 2 months. My guest today and his colleagues say high weekly doses of oral benznidazole over 30 weeks resulted in better clearance of the parasite. This research is outlined in a recent study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Joining me today is Regents’ Professor in the University of Georgia’s department of cellular biology, Rick Tarleton, PhD.
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