TDR organized Liver Fluke Network Meeting & Workshop:  The Liver Fluke Network, in partnership with Tropical Disease Research Laboratory (TDR), Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, and Khon Kaen University organized Liver Fluke Network Meeting & Workshop on 30 November - 1 December 2009 at Sarasin Conference Hall, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. Banchob Sripa, Head of TDR, was the key organizer.  Read More

TDR joins ICOPA XII: Banchob Sripa, Head of Tropical Disease Research laboratory, was invited to be a plenary speaker at the 12^th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA XII) that will be held in Melbourne, Australia during 15-20 August 2010. The theme of the Congress is “Understanding the global impact of parasites-from genomes to function and disease”. Banchob will present on the topic of “Roles of liver flukes in human carcinogenesis” in the Congress. Details can be found at http://www.icopaxii.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=61.

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Concerted action against liver flukes: Banchob Sripa from Tropical Disease Research Laboratory (TDR) expresses his viewpoint on the neglect of liver flukes and liver cancer in Asia in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2008). Despite the high prevalence of liver fluke infection and the world highest incidence of liver cancer in this region but it appears that the diseases are neglected by health research communities and granting agencies.
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Banchob Sripa and colleagues published a paper on “Liver fluke induces cholangiocarcinoma” in PLoS Medicine (2007). The review highlights epidemiology of liver fluke and liver cancer in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis in Thailand and update mechanisms of liver fluke induced cholangiocarcinoma. Future research on the two related diseases is also noted. This is the most update on liver fluke and cancer published.
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Approximately 5,000 randomly selected cDNAs from the adult stage of O. viverrini were characterized and accounted for 1,932 contigs, representing ~14% of the entire transcriptome, and, presently, the largest sequence dataset for any species of liver fluke deposited in GenBank. Thewarch Laha and colleagues published the article on “Gene discovery for the carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini” in BMC Genomics (2007).
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Dr. Polly Sager, Assistant Director for International Research on Infectious Diseases, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH and team visited Khon Kaen for site assessment in August 2005.

Dr. Malla Rao, Program Officer of International Collaboration in Infectious Disease Research (ICIDR), NIAID, NIH site visited Khon Kaen in September 2006 to move up the field work.