Tuesday, June 25, 2019 New Tools to Speed Research on Parasite-Caused Diarrheal Disease The waterborne intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrheal disease worldwide. However, efforts to address this public health challenge are hampered by the lack of a robust animal model of the infection and by the difficulty of growing the parasite in the lab, making it hard for researchers to test candidate drugs or vaccines. That may now be changing, thanks to research by two independent groups of NIAID-supported scientists. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107