Researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have made progress on a vaccine for a parasitic illness. The vaccine, called SchistoShield, is intended to treat schistosomiasis, a disease that affects millions of people worldwide.

The researchers have reported encouraging early results from their work on the vaccine, which has been in development for years.

Further details on the vaccine and its development are available from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, as reported by KOSA CBS7.