Aggressive drug therapy aids superbug evolution
New research raises troubling concerns about the use of aggressive drug therapies to treat a wide range of diseases such as MRSA, C. difficile, malaria, and even cancer.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 03, 2011 |
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New study: Cheap, common drug could dramatically reduce malaria transmission in Africa
A cheap, common heartworm medication that is already being used to fight other parasites in Africa could also dramatically interrupt transmission of malaria, potentially providing an inexpensive tool to fight a disease that ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Researchers discover potential new mechanisms of drug resistance in Toxoplasma
Scientists have for years been puzzled by why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect.
Medical research
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Researchers identify genes causing antimalarial drug resistance
Using a pair of powerful genome-search techniques, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Harvard University, and the Broad Institute have identified several genes that may be implicated in the malaria ...
Genetics
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Autophagy-addicted breast cancers killed by anti-malaria drug, chloroquine
The process of autophagy cleans cells – they wrap up the bad stuff and then dispose of it. And so it stands to reason that inhibiting autophagy would make cancer cells less able to cleanse themselves of chemotherapy and ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Tuberculosis and neglected diseases targeted by new center
A major new centre to boost the development of drugs to tackle the foremost diseases of the developing world is to be created at the University of Dundee.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Malaria drug association with hemolytic anemia unclear
(HealthDay)—Artesunate, a drug used in the treatment of severe malaria, may or may not be associated with hemolytic anemia, so the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends close monitoring ...
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Jan 11, 2013 |
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Malaria study suggests drugs should target female parasites
Fresh insight into the parasite that causes malaria suggests a new way to develop drugs and vaccines to tackle the disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Scientists report injectable formulation of malaria parasites achieve controlled infection
In a breakthrough that could accelerate malaria vaccine and drug development, scientists announced today that, for the first time ever, human volunteers were infected with malaria via a simple injection of cryopreserved sterile ...
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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New malaria drug requires just one dose and appears twice as effective as existing regimen
Scientists are reporting development of a new malaria drug that, in laboratory tests, has been twice as effective as the best current medicine against this global scourge and may fight off the disease with ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria
Malaria-drug monitoring over the past 30 years has shown that malaria parasites develop resistance to medicine, and the first signs of resistance to the newest drugs have just been observed. At the same time, resistance monitoring ...
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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Malaria nearly eliminated in Sri Lanka despite decades of conflict
(Medical Xpress)—Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by 2014.
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Aug 30, 2012 |
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Study reveals substantial misdiagnosis of malaria in parts of Asia
Substantial overdiagnosis and mistreatment of malaria is evident in south and central Asia, warns a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Some WHO-approved malaria drugs fall short: study
Up to eight percent of malaria drugs approved by the World Health Organization or other regulators do not contain the right dose and may fuel resistance, researchers said Tuesday.
Medications
Jul 10, 2012 |
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WHO hails big gains in anti-malaria fight
The World Health Organisation heralded major gains Tuesday in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world's biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive.
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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