Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find correlation between blood type and susceptibility to severe malaria
Abraham Degarege Mengist is making malaria his mission.
Apr 19, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Artemisinin: fighting coronavirus with this antimalarial drug is risky
Since the beginning of the pandemic, much work has been done to test whether antimalarial drugs can treat COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine, the most well known, has been found to be ineffective. But in Africa, another drug has ...
Jul 14, 2020
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Medical research
Researchers explore new way of killing malaria in the liver
In the ongoing hunt for more effective weapons against malaria, international researchers said Thursday they are exploring a pathway that has until now been little studied—killing parasites in the liver, before the illness ...
Dec 8, 2018
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Medical research
Swedish lab eyes poisoned chalice in malaria fight
Cages meshed over with women's tights and crawling with mosquitoes are stashed in a Swedish laboratory. Every day, researchers feed them beetroot juice laced with deadly toxins, part of a grand plan designed to fight malaria.
Jan 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rollout of world's first malaria jab gathers pace
The world's first malaria vaccine will soon be available across sub-Saharan Africa, according to PATH, partners of the vaccine developers, as positive results from the pioneering jab pile up.
May 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn't
Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria infect far more people every year. An international team of researchers is working toward a way to identify malaria patients including ...
May 14, 2018
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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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Medical research
Scientists closer to outsmarting malaria parasites
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered why malaria parasites are vulnerable to some drug therapies but resistant to others, offering scientists another piece of the puzzle in the global ...
May 6, 2022
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New study suggests more malaria-carrying mosquito bites happen during the day than thought
A team of researchers from Institut Pasteur de Bangui, the University of Montpellier and Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville has found that contrary to conventional thought, malaria-carrying mosquito ...
Medical research
The antibody with a secret: Scientists uncover IgA antibodies' ability to fight malaria
Antibodies have drawn a spotlight over the past year and a half as scientists and lay people alike have asked how long the infection-fighting proteins persist in the face of a formidable enemy—a pandemic virus that has ...
