Scientists decry USDA’s decision to end cat parasite research
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/scientists-decry-usdas-decision-end-cat-parasite-research
A closed laboratory relied on cats to sustain its research program.
For the past 37 years, a small research lab in Beltsville, Maryland, has been the world’s leading hub for scientists working on Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that infects more than 1 billion people globally, causing death, blindness, and birth defects. Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the facility is a source of expertise and rare, sought-after materials for researchers working to stop the parasite, which can be transmitted by food and has no human vaccine and no cure.
Scientists decry USDA’s decision to end cat parasite research
Apr 9, 2019, 10:13pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/scientists-decry-usdas-decision-end-cat-parasite-research
> A closed laboratory relied on cats to sustain its research program.
> For the past 37 years, a small research lab in Beltsville, Maryland, has been the world’s leading hub for scientists working on Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that infects more than 1 billion people globally, causing death, blindness, and birth defects. Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the facility is a source of expertise and rare, sought-after materials for researchers working to stop the parasite, which can be transmitted by food and has no human vaccine and no cure.