Project Fully Funded - Thank You!

May 30, 2023

Project Fully Funded - Thank You! 
30 May 2023
Bluffton, South Carolina

Dear Backers,
We were successful in raising the funds of $2,200.00 in order to purchase a compound screening library for our research project on Chagas' disease therapeutic drug discovery.   We are very thankful for your monetary support and our team will be putting in the long hours to get the results.  Please keep in mind that your support has enabled two undergraduate researchers in my team to get started on research earlier than normal so that they can complete a medicinal chemistry project.  Their outcomes will make them very competitive for medical programs they wish to apply to after graduating from USCB.  Thank you for giving them this leg up!  I would also like to extend my thanks to Dr. Sabrina Mota for her support of the project in providing her endorsement.  You can track the progress of our project with this digital object identifier: doi.org/10.18258/50252 

Sincerely,
Dr. Edward D'Antonio

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Jacqueline hackerBacker

Thats terrific .So proud of the the team and my grandaughter Destiny Oneill.

May 31, 20231

Dr. Edward L. D'AntonioResearcher

I am very happy that Destiny is working in my lab. She is very determined!!

May 31, 20230

About This Project

Molecular target-based focused screen for Chagas' disease therapeutic drug discovery

University of South Carolina Beaufort

The etiological agent for Chagas' disease is the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which affects 6 - 7 million people primarily in Latin America. The chronic stage of infection causes cardiomyopathy and the enlargement of other organs resulting in disease burden and death. There is an urgent need to replace the clinical therapeutics (benznidazole & nifurtimox) and this proposal focuses on a compound screen to observe a hit expansion with the target T. cruzi glucokinase.