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Anna FesserMarcel KaiserPascal Mäser
Published in: Biospektrum : Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Biologishe Chemie (GBCH) und der Vereinigung fur Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) (2021)
Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine bugs. Autochthonous to Latin America, Chagas disease has spread globally through travel and migration. New drugs are needed urgently, in particular drugs that cure the chronic stage. This is where high-content imaging makes a key contribution: assays with fluorescent parasites in cell culture allow to determine pharmacodynamic parameters and to better assess the antichagasic potential of new molecules.
Keyphrases
  • trypanosoma cruzi
  • high resolution
  • drug induced
  • quantum dots
  • high throughput
  • living cells
  • risk assessment
  • human health
  • label free
  • climate change