Medical research
Baker's yeast used to discover new ways to tackle the malaria parasite
New anti-malarial drugs could be developed after researchers discovered a new mechanism used by the malaria parasite when it infects humans.
Jan 20, 2016
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Medical research
Researchers uncover potent parasite-killing mechanism of Nobel Prize-winning anti-malarial drug
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has uncovered the mystery behind the potent parasite-killing effect of artemisinin, a drug that is considered to be the last line of defence against malaria. ...
Dec 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MDA associated with the prevention of a resurgence of malaria in Greece
Greece was declared malaria free in 1974, however, in 2011 a resurgence of P. vivax malaria was seen in Southern Greece in connection with the presence of agricultural workers from malaria-endemic regions in malaria receptive ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Less effective antimalarial therapies can help fight malaria better
Oxford University scientists have found that the more effective way to beat malaria is to use less effective drugs some of the time.
Nov 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global health team pioneers development of a new antimalarial drug screening model
A University of South Florida Center for Global Health & Infectious Diseases Research team has demonstrated a new screening model to classify antimalarial drugs and to identify drug targets for the most lethal strain of malaria, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New studies show nobel prize-winning drug that knocks out parasitic worms could have second act fighting malaria
A workhorse of a drug that a few weeks ago earned its developers a Nobel prize for its success in treating multiple tropical diseases is showing early promise as a novel and desperately needed tool for interrupting malaria ...
Oct 27, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Crowd funding bid to test whether malaria drug kills cancer
Medical experts investigating whether a common malaria drug could have a significant impact on colorectal cancer have launched a crowd funding project to fund their work.
Oct 16, 2015
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Medications
Factfile on Nobel anti-malaria drug artemisin
Today's frontline drug to fight malaria, artemisinin has a history going back many centuries, for it traces its past to ancient Chinese medicine.
Oct 6, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Latest study looks at alternative therapies to prevent malaria in pregnancy
Researchers at LSTM, working with colleagues of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Kenya and USA, and from the Kenya Medical Research Institution have found that a new drug may be more effective at preventing ...
Sep 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bill Gates and UN say malaria could be eradicated by 2040
Malaria could be wiped out by 2040, despite the lack of an effective vaccine, previous failed attempts to eradicate the disease and drug resistance problems, the United Nations and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a report ...
Sep 28, 2015
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