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"Sleeping sickness", also known as human African trypanosomiasis, is responsible for approximately 30,000 deaths each year and 70 million people are at risk of infection, as estimated by the World Health Organization. The parasite that causes this disease is predominantly found in the developing…
The successful segregation of chromosomes in mitosis requires the timely coordination of cell cycle events to ensure the bipo¬lar attachment of sister chromatids via their kinetochores to the mitotic spindle before the initiation of anaphase. Deregulation of this process or uncoupling of its…
Apicomplexan parasites are a diverse group of protozoan parasites, several of which cause important human and animal diseases, such as malaria, cryptosporidiosis and toxoplasmosis. Many of these diseases are endemic in developing countries, which are impacted by the lack of cost-efficient…
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