Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists tap natural extracts in search for malaria drug

Resistance is … inevitable. "We can't afford to have huge gaps between discoveries of new antimalarial products; the pace of innovation is quite literally a matter of life and death," said Virginia Tech's David G.I. Kingston, ...

Medical research

New discovery could help turn antibiotic into antimalarial drug

Melbourne researchers are making progress towards new antimalarial drugs, after revealing how an antibiotic called emetine blocks the molecular machinery that produces the proteins required for malaria parasite survival.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fighting resistance to antimalarial drug

When it comes to the emergence of antimalarial drug resistance, it's not a question of 'if' but 'when'. In order to keep up with the quickly evolving Plasmodium parasite - the cause of malaria - new ways to treat and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Malaria treatment could improve in children

An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children.

Medical research

Researchers find new class of highly potent antimalarial compounds

Despite renewed global efforts for eradication, malaria continues to exert devastating effects on human health. An estimated 220 million people are infected each year by malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted ...

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