This new collection of articles, edited by G. H. Coombs and S. L. Croft include: The current status of antiparasite chemotherapy; A structure-based approach to drug discovery: crystallography and implications for the development of antiparasite drugs; Validating targets for antiparasite chemotherapy; Control of gene expression in viruses and protozoan parasites by antisense oligonucleotides; Parasite proteinases and amino acid metabolism: possibilities for chemotherapeutic exploitation; The mannitol cycle in Eimeria; New approaches to Leishmania chemotherapy: pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) as a target and modulator of antifolate sensitivity; Target sites of anthelmintics; Quinoline resistance mechanisms in Plasmodium falciparum: the debate goes on; The role of drugs in the control of parasitic nematode infections: must we do without?; Designer drugs: pipe-dreams or realities?




