EPFL scientists have fully modeled the metabolism of the deadliest malaria parasite. The model offers unprecedented tools for developing a new generation of antimalarial therapies to overcome drug resistance.
Mar 23, 2017
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New data provide the first clinical evidence that drug-resistant mutations in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum may be gaining a foothold in Africa. The study, conducted in Rwanda, is published in The Lancet Infectious ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Malaria remains a deadly disease that affects people worldwide, particularly in Africa. Caused by a parasite that can enter the human bloodstream via mosquito bite, the parasites can then infect and reproduce within the person's ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of adding a single dose of primaquine (PQ) to malaria treatment to prevent the transmission of the disease.
Jul 3, 2014
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Details of the life-cycles of P. falciparum and P.ovale, two of the parasites that cause malaria, are revealed by Hiroshi Suemizu at the Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki and researchers affiliated with ...
Oct 27, 2015
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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 ...
Jun 6, 2014
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