A consortium of European and South American researchers has investigated novel natural products (NPs) to discover bioactive therapeutic molecules for the treatment of neglected diseases.
Scientists explored biodiversity hotspots for bioactive compounds from NPs that could be used in the treatment of disease. Up to now, however, this search has somewhat neglected rare parasitic illnesses like ulcerous Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.
Further details: Nature holds the secret to neglected diseases therapies