Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap
Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children living in Africa, succumb every year to malaria, an age-old mosquito-borne scourge that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 23, 2022
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Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children living in Africa, succumb every year to malaria, an age-old mosquito-borne scourge that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By analyzing samples from patients who have been treated for malaria in Sweden, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now describe how the immune system acts to protect the body after a malaria infection. The results, ...
Apr 19, 2022
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After the success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, scientists are cautiously optimistic that the same technology can be used to tackle other widespread diseases such as malaria. The technology is promising, say vaccine ...
Apr 8, 2022
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A novel class of bed net that kills mosquitoes resistant to traditional insecticides by making them unable to move or fly, significantly reduces malaria infection in children, according to new research published in The Lancet.
Mar 25, 2022
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow and partner institutes have developed an inexpensive, fast and simple way to identify the aging mosquitos which transmit the deadly malaria parasite.
Mar 21, 2022
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A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia on Monday for kids and teens.
Mar 14, 2022
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The relationship between rice and malaria in Africa has changed, with malaria prevalence now higher in villages close to irrigated rice fields, according to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
Mar 10, 2022
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Research being conducted by Burnet scientists is helping to develop new drugs to combat malaria, which is becoming resistant to existing drugs.
Mar 10, 2022
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A new malaria study using a very large analysis of pooled individual patient data (IPD) from more than 70,000 patients of all ages, has been published today in BMC Medicine. Artemisinin-based combination therapy is the first-line ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Paracetamol is used in many illnesses for the relief of pain and fever, but a study just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has shown that it may also help protect against kidney damage in patients with malaria.
Mar 3, 2022
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