The Toxoplasmosis Research Institute and Center at The University of Chicago
The Toxoplasmosis Research Institute is a not-for-profit (501c3) foundation with the goals of performing and promoting research and education concerning toxoplasmosis and optimal care for persons afflicted with toxoplasmosis and related diseases.
Dr. Rima McLeod is the President of the Toxoplasmosis Research Institute as well as a globally recognized expert on the disease. She is also an incredibly kind woman who gives hope to the families of children with Toxoplasmosis. Recently, Blythe reached out to Dr. McLeod to find out what the researchers at the Institute are working on. Dr. McLeod's response:
We are now developing/improving a potential compound (moving early toward a medicine) to cure/eliminate completely the untreatable dormant phase of the T.gondii.
We have an early perfect vaccine for mice that can teach us how to improve this to make a vaccine for humans.
We are working on understanding why certain people develop disease due to Toxoplasma. That is understanding the genetics of Susceptibility and resistance which is teaching us new ways the parasite may be eliminated.
We have found that active T.gondii infections occur in families because families share the risk factors.
Dr. Rima McLeod is the President of the Toxoplasmosis Research Institute as well as a globally recognized expert on the disease. She is also an incredibly kind woman who gives hope to the families of children with Toxoplasmosis. Recently, Blythe reached out to Dr. McLeod to find out what the researchers at the Institute are working on. Dr. McLeod's response:
We are now developing/improving a potential compound (moving early toward a medicine) to cure/eliminate completely the untreatable dormant phase of the T.gondii.
We have an early perfect vaccine for mice that can teach us how to improve this to make a vaccine for humans.
We are working on understanding why certain people develop disease due to Toxoplasma. That is understanding the genetics of Susceptibility and resistance which is teaching us new ways the parasite may be eliminated.
We have found that active T.gondii infections occur in families because families share the risk factors.