Medical research
The effects of turmeric therapy on cerebral malaria studied
A Centenary researcher is off to New Delhi to study the impact on cerebral malaria of the major ingredient of turmeric, curcumin.
Oct 18, 2012
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News tagged with cerebral malaria
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve survival from severe malaria
A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage.
May 23, 2012
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Medical research
Severe malaria: Research findings could lead to new interventions
Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), the University of Copenhagen and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered new knowledge related to host-parasite interaction in severe malaria, concerning ...
May 21, 2012
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Health
Cutting calories before cutting in surgery
Dietary restriction has already been shown to extend the lives of laboratory animals, but recent research suggests the beneficial effects of eating less may extend to improved recovery from surgery and better resistance to ...
May 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug could reverse scourge of cerebral malaria for survivors
Michigan State University researchers, with the help of a groundbreaking medical device, are starting a clinical trial in Africa they hope will provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of children who survive cerebral ...
May 1, 2012
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Medical research
Notre Dame researchers report fundamental malaria discovery
A team of researchers led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases has made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly ...
Jan 20, 2012
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Neuroscience
New X-ray method for understanding brain disorders better
Researchers including members from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for making detailed X-ray images of brain cells. The method, called SAXS-CT, can map the myelin sheaths ...
May 12, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EPO doping helps combat cerebral malaria
Almost 3.3 billion people, half of the world's population, risk being infected with malaria. Despite having effective means against malaria, the WHO reports 250 million cases of malaria each year and more than 700,000 related ...
Apr 21, 2011
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