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Drug treatment for Lyme disease could lead to its eradication Kim Lewis’s team at Northeastern University in Boston has found that a compound called hygromycin A is completely harmless to animals and has little effect on most bacteria, but is extremely deadly to spirochaete bacteria such as B. burgdorferi.In animal tests, the team didn’t observe any harmful effects of hygromycin no matter …

Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Funding Opportunities Transforming Healthcare through Innovative and Impactful Research Lyme Disease Association (LDA) Grant Program The LDA’s grant program is divided into three categories: Research, Education, and LymeAid 4 Kids grants. Vector Disease Control International Federal, state, and other government agencies throughout the U.S. award municipal or county entities with grants and other funding to …

CDC: Lyme disease CDC is currently conducting research to understand what concerns healthcare providers and the public may have about any potential Lyme disease vaccines. Once a Lyme disease vaccine is approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), CDC will work with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to develop recommendations about where in the U.S. …

Human Testing Begins On Springtime Lyme Disease Shot Developed In Mass. The shot is being safety tested in Lincoln, Nebraska, because there’s so little Lyme disease there — so it will be clear that any antibodies against the Lyme bacteria detected in the subjects’ blood came from the shot, not from a previous infection…. Testing for how effective the shot …