Malaria diagnosed by measuring blood magnetisation
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140609-26137.html
Scientists have used magnetic sensors to diagnose malaria five times more accurately than established diagnostic techniques. Until now scientists have only tested infections in mice but, if the technique is confirmed in humans, doctors could diagnose ...
Magnets diagnose malaria in minutes
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/magnets-diagnose-malaria-minutes
Magnets might soon reveal brewing malaria infections long before symptoms appear. In mice, magnetic sensors take mere minutes to spot otherwise imperceptible levels of the parasitic blood infection, scientists report August 31 in Nature Medicine.
Live Q&A: prevention or cure, what's the best approach in malaria control?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/sep/05/live-qa-prevention-or-cure-whats-the-best-approach-in-malaria-control
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) 2013 malaria report said that despite impressive gains against the disease, the expansion of interventions to keep mosquitoes away from human skin had slowed due to ?a lack of funds to procure bed nets?.
Rain could lead to spike in dengue, malaria: Doctors
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/rain-could-lead-to-spike-in-dengue-malaria-doctors/
The recent spell of rain in the capital has led to a spurt in viral infections, especially influenza, common cold and conjunctivitis. While vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue saw a dip this year due to the delayed monsoon, doctors now ...
Advocating for Malaria Elimination - Learning From the Successes of Other ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829302
Malaria elimination is back on the agenda, but it remains challenging for countries to make the transition from effective control to elimination. Many other infectious diseases have been targeted by globally-coordinated elimination advocacy campaigns ...
A new way to diagnose malaria
https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-method-diagnose-malaria-0831
Over the past several decades, malaria diagnosis has changed very little. After taking a blood sample from a patient, a technician smears the blood across a glass slide, stains it with a special dye, and looks under a microscope for the Plasmodium ...
Nanoparticle key to new malaria vaccine
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sci-tech/Nanoparticle-key-to-new-malaria-vaccine/articleshow/41839118.cms
Top: Peter Burkhard, professor of molecular and cell biology who designed a protein nanoparticle that can fight malaria; Above: This self-assembling protein nanoparticle relies on rigid protein structures called 'coiled coils' (blue and green in the ...
Quick test for malaria shows promise
http://www.nature.com/news/quick-test-for-malaria-shows-promise-1.15796
The standard technique for diagnosing malaria infection is to look for Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the disease, in a sample of the patient's blood using a microscope. This method requires a trained specialist and is prone to human ...
