Boosting An Existing Malaria Vaccine By Mixing It Up
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113035935/boosting-an-existing-malaria-vaccine-122713/
According to a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Thursday, a prominent malaria vaccine could be drastically improved by utilizing the right mix of proteins taken from the surface of the virus. The study researchers focused on the virus ...
Some US troops haunted by anti-malaria drug's drastic side effects
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-us-troops-haunted-by-anti-malaria-drugs-side-effects/
WASHINGTON -- When Jimmy Corrigan left on deployment in the Navy three years ago, he was in the best physical shape of his life. Today, he can't walk without a cane, he gets angry for no reason and he has been hospitalized twice to prevent suicide.
Resistance gene identified in malaria parasite
http://www.nature.com/news/resistance-gene-identified-in-malaria-parasite-1.14404
In parts of southeast Asia, artemisinin-based malaria drugs are taking longer to clear the parasite out of the body, so that patients still test positive after several days of treatment, instead of testing negative after the usual two days. Mutations ...
Inside the malaria clinic
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/lifelines/2013/12/inside-malaria-clinic-2013122561537253812.html
At the Sengerema hospital in Tanzania, Head Nurse Tellems takes the Lifelines team around the malaria ward, which sees a huge number of people, including children, being admitted. "In each bed we have two children. This is because there are a huge ...
Halfway to victory over malaria
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/opinion/edlund-malaria-progress/
(CNN) -- Progress against global diseases is typically slow, incremental and hard-won. But there are moments -- such as Wednesday's release of the World Health Organization's World Malaria Report -- when the cumulative effort of dozens of nations ...
The anti-malaria cocktail
http://topnews.ae/content/219877-anti-malaria-cocktail
The anti-malaria cocktail Analysts have thought that there was another mixture of AMA1 proteins, required by the jungle fever parasite to attack platelets, which is a mixed drink that can really overcome significant confinements of a prior outlined ...
New finding could lead to better malaria treatment
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/new-finding-could-lead-to-better-malaria-treatments/articleshow/27790167.cms
New finding could lead to better malaria treatment. By PTI | 23 Dec, 2013, 02.39PM IST. Post a Comment. 0. Share More. READ MORE ON » NMT | malaria | Imperial College London | Dr Ed Tate | department of chemistry ...
Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131222160053.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine+(ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News)
In a study published in Nature Chemistry, they show that blocking the activity of an enzyme called NMT in the most common malaria parasite prevents mice from showing symptoms and extends their lifespan. The team are working to design molecules that ...
