Medical research
New molecules to burst malaria's bubble
Scientists have released details of a raft of new chemicals with potent anti-malarial properties which could open the way to new drugs to fight the disease.
Dec 2, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New treatment strategies in race against rapidly evolving 'bugs'
Evolution kills people. Andrew Read has been saying so for years. But he never actually saw it firsthand until he worked this summer in a hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Nov 13, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Battling drug-resistant pathogens
Evolution kills people. Andrew Read has been saying so for years. But he never actually saw it firsthand until he worked this summer in a hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Nov 6, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A gut bacterium that attacks dengue and malaria pathogens and their mosquito vectors
Just like those of humans, insect guts are full of microbes, and the microbiota can influence the insect's ability to transmit diseases. A study published on October 23rd in PLOS Pathogens reports that a bacterium isolated ...
Oct 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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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Medical research
Why humans don't suffer from chimpanzee malaria
A genetic region responsible for red blood cell invasion was among a small number of areas found to differ between the genomes of malaria parasites that affect chimpanzees and Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible ...
Sep 9, 2014
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Medical research
Weakness in malaria parasite fats could see new treatments
A new study has revealed a weak spot in the complex life cycle of malaria, which could be exploited to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.
Sep 9, 2014
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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, ...
Sep 4, 2014
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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.
Sep 3, 2014
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Medical research
A new way to diagnose malaria, using magnetic fields
Over the past several decades, malaria diagnosis has changed very little. After taking a blood sample from a patient, a technician smears the blood across a glass slide, stains it with a special dye, and looks under a microscope ...
Aug 31, 2014
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