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Medical Therapeutics Unit (MTU)

The Medical Therapeutics Unit (MTU) conducts clinical studies on the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and analyses and models pathological responses in malaria, G6PD deficiency, vivax relapse and anti-infective drug pharmacometric and pharmacodynamics data.

CTU team

CTU’s clinical team is shown testing volunteer reaction to mosquito bites

Overview MTU

Located in a ward of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, part of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Tropical Medicine (FTM), and overseen by Prof Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, the Medical Therapeutics Unit is staffed by experienced doctors and nurses familiar with good clinical practice guidelines and research methodologies.

https://www.tropmedres.ac/units/moru-bangkok/medical-therapeutics-unit-mtu/our-team/mtu-organisation-chart

MTU team

Health care workers treating a patient

Significant achievements MTU

The RTS, S/AS01 vaccine and adjuvant and a CTU nurse with a volunteer

Future vision MTU