PULLMAN, Wash., June 22 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
Washington State University researcher Dana Shaw has been awarded a $420,750 grant to investigate how ticks suppress the bacteria they carry, work that may open the door to new, more effective ways to limit the spread of tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease.
The two-year project, funded through a National Institutes of Health R21 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will study how tick immune systems work and how that affects their ability to carry and spread disease-causing pathogens. The research could help lay the groundwork for strategies that stop tick-borne diseases in ticks before they reach people or animals...