Medical research
Malarial parasites dodge the kill
Scientists have uncovered a potential mode of parasite drug resistance in malaria infection, according to a report published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
May 4, 2015
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Game shows mosquito's-eye view of malaria
A new game about the life cycle of malaria that can be played on Android smartphones has been created by an Oxford University developer, based on malaria research at the University's Nuffield Department of Medicine.
Apr 24, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovery of how malaria kills children will lead to life-saving treatments
Malaria kills a child every minute. While medical researchers have successfully developed effective drugs to kill the malaria parasite, efforts to treat the effects of the disease have not been as successful. But that soon ...
Mar 18, 2015
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Study in Myanmar confirms artemisinin-resistant malaria close to border with India
The spread of malaria parasites that are resistant to the drug artemisinin - the frontline treatment against malaria infection - into neighbouring India would pose a serious threat to the global control and eradication of ...
Feb 19, 2015
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Immunology
Children who get vitamin A may be less likely to develop malaria
Children under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a single large dose of vitamin A, new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Study shows chronic infection in certain birds shortens telomeres and lifespan
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working in Sweden has found that one bird species suffers from a shortened life span when infected by the malaria virus. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Estimating the best time of year for malaria interventions in Africa
New methods for analysing malaria transmission can estimate the best time of year to carry out campaigns such as mass drug treatment and spraying of houses with insecticide.
Jan 15, 2015
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Promising compound rapidly eliminates malaria parasite
An international research collaborative has determined that a promising anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite but leave healthy cells unharmed. ...
Dec 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Increased dosing of malaria drug in children could decrease risk of infection
Piperaquine is a long-acting malaria drug that kills residual parasites and decreases the risk of reinfection. A study led by Uppsala University researcher Martin Bergstrand shows that increasing the dose used in children ...
Oct 30, 2014
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Mefloquine fails to replace SP for malaria prevention during pregnancy
In today's issue of PLOS Medicine, Clara Menendez from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain, and colleagues report results from two large randomized controlled trials conducted in Africa to test an ...
Sep 23, 2014
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