Some shady people are profiting from making fake tests to diagnose disease like malaria or HIV. Now new technology is providing a level of protection.
Jul 24, 2018
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New Burnet Institute research has revealed the importance of specific proteins in the blood known as complement to clear infection and prevent malaria in pregnancy, a cause of severe disease and significant maternal, fetal, ...
Dec 9, 2021
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A discovery about how the immune system responds to malaria infection could lead to better treatments for hepatitis C, HIV and lupus, say Australian researchers.
Nov 19, 2019
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New research led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Ifakara Health Institute and the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program suggests that a better understanding of human behavior at night—when malaria ...
Jul 10, 2019
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A team of researchers have found that pre-existing malaria prevents secondary infection by another Plasmodium strain, the parasite responsible for malaria, by restricting iron availability in the liver of the host. This discovery ...
May 15, 2011
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Wolbachia are bacteria that infect many insects, including mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia do not naturally infect Anopheles mosquitoes, which are the type that spreads malaria to humans. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
May 19, 2011
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Each year, about half a million children in Africa die from malaria. Infection with the malaria parasite is such a widespread and deadly disease that scientists all over the globe are working to understand it better in order ...
Nov 12, 2021
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In the ongoing arms race between humans and the parasite that causes malaria, Taane Clark and colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) report that new mutations that enhance resistance to a ...
Dec 31, 2020
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In an article published in the journal eLife, researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, describe a novel strategy for detecting imbalances and complications in patients infected ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a vital clue as to why malaria vaccines keep failing, which could potentially change how vaccines for the deadly disease and others are made.
Jul 22, 2020
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