Happy Wednesday! New reading list for your reading pleasure! Today we’re reading Professor Alan Fenwick’s – Tropical Parasitology at Imperial College London and Director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative for Neglected Tropical Diseases – paper on NTDs for the Summer 2010 issue of “A Global Village,” Canada’s announcement of putting $1 billion into maternal and child health activities, iBio’s licensing of vaccine technology to CMB, and advances in lymphatic filariasis (LF) drug research. Enjoy!

NTDs: Can We Take the ‘Neglected’ Out of the Name?, Alan Fenwick, A Global Village
Canada’s Reportedly $1 Billion toward Maternal Mortality, Nandini Oomman, The Huffington Post
iBio Licenses Vaccine Technology to CMB, Drug Discovery & Development
Molecular-Based Assay for Simultaneous Detection, Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Laurie R. Gray, Melinda J. Blood-Zikursh et al., The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene