Why Ending Malaria May Be More About Backhoes Than Bed Nets
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/03/257627285/why-ending-malaria-may-be-more-about-backhoes-than-bed-nets
Wiping out malaria is a top goal for many leaders in global health. Fewer people are dying now from the mosquito-borne disease than at any other time in history. "And there's a very, very strong belief now that malaria can be eliminated," says Joy ...
Laser Scanner Detects Malaria Infections in Seconds
http://www.voanews.com/content/laser-scanner-detects-lalaria-infections-in-seconds/1820865.html
Lopotko said there were no false positive results in experiments with the device, making the nanobubble technology extremely accurate even in the earliest stages of a malaria infection when treatment is extremely important. A possible rapid, non ...
Biologists Modify Yeast to Produce Malaria Drug
http://discovermagazine.com/2014/jan-feb/23-synthesizing-supply-for-malaria-drug
In the early 2000s, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum developed resistance to the commonly used antimalarial drug chloroquine. In response, the World Health Organization declared that the treatment of choice should combine the plant-derived ...
Lab Notes: Malaria Dx by Ear
http://www.medpagetoday.com/LabNotes/LabNotes/43646
Detecting malaria parasites' digestive waste products noninvasively with a photoacoustic device passed initial bench tests and animal studies. Also this week: rabbit-free cosmetics testing. Detecting Malaria by Ear. It may be possible to diagnose ...
Non-invasive laser scanner used to detect malaria
http://www.upi.com/blog/2014/01/03/Non-invasive-laser-scanner-used-to-detect-malaria/1721388777846/
This graphic shows how a laser pulse creates a vapor nanobubble in a malaria-infected cell and is used to non-invasively diagnose malaria rapidly and with high sensitivity. (Credit:E. Lukianova-Hleb/Rice University). Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A non-invasive ...
Israel works to eliminate malaria in Africa
http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/Israel-works-to-eliminate-malaria-in-Africa-336692
Knols said that an estimated 655,000 people die each year from malaria ? mostly pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa who have a compromised immune system. Knols was in Israel in December for a conference organized by Jerusalem's ...
Shining light through skin to diagnose malaria
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/medicine-and-research/shining-light-through-skin-to-diagnose-malaria/article5526490.ece
Researchers in the U.S. have come up with a way to rapidly diagnose malaria simply by shining brief pulses of light from a laser through the skin. ?This method is distinct from all previous diagnostic approaches, which all rely upon using a needle to ...
'Cocktail' approach could lead to universal malaria vaccine
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270654.php
By mixing a key surface protein from a number of different strains of the malaria parasite, researchers say they have improved the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against the disease spread by mosquitoes. A vaccine that targeted the AMA1 surface ...
