Malaria in 3-D
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/11/malaria-in-3-d/
Using an imaging technique known as high-speed holographic microscopy, Laurence Wilson, a fellow at Harvard's Rowland Institute, worked with colleagues to produce detailed 3-D images of malaria sperm ? the cells that reproduce inside infected ...
From extremism to malaria nets
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2013/11/tony-blairs-faith-projects
Malaria kills more people in Sierra Leone than any other disease and at the end of 2010, insecticide-treated bednets were distributed all over the country. But many people did not know how to use them. Working with GSK, the global pharma company, the ...
Africa: New Push On Malaria
http://allafrica.com/stories/201311221662.html
Washington, DC ? Malaria researchers believe that better coordination and new technologies, such as the use of vaccines and sophisticated disease mapping, can inject new life into the ambitious goal of eradicating the deadly illness. For the past ...
Malaria in 3-D: Advanced imaging aids study of cell movement
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-malaria-d-advanced-imaging-aids.html
As in similar cells, the malaria sperm is primarily built from a grouping of protein microtubules?nine pairs of tubes are arranged in a circle around a central pair, all of which are connected through radial spoke proteins. As the tubules move ...
GSK's malaria vaccine not for profit pricing says CEO Witty
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/gsk39s-malaria-vaccine-not-for-profit-pricing-says-ceo-witty_995873.html
GSK's malaria vaccine not for profit pricing says CEO Witty. Malaria vaccine is a good example of the company's broad commitment to innovate and improve access to medicine and healthcare for people. It is not just a programme or a PR campaign, said GSK ...
Cambodia sees 33770 malaria cases in 10 months, 8 people dead
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/827077.shtml
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease, which is often found in rainy seasons and mostly happens in forest and mountainous provinces. Last year, the country had distributed 2.2 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets to the vulnerable groups ...
AIDS, TB, malaria: South Korean Airline tax will contribute
http://www.eturbonews.com/39924/aids-tb-malaria-south-korean-airline-tax-will-contribute
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced yesterday that it had received a major boost from South Korea thanks to a levy on airline tickets. The Geneva-based body, which is backed by governments and private donors such as ...
Drug-resistant malaria on the Cambodian border: a new health challenge
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/nov/22/drug-resistant-malaria-on-cambodian-border
It eventually spread to Africa and, according to a 2001 study reported in the Lancet, the numbers of malaria deaths and hospital admissions doubled or trebled as a result. Experts at the World Malaria Conference 2012 predicted that if artemisinin ...
