Scientists closer to developing anti-malaria shot
August 6th, 2012 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 6 (IANS) Australian researchers have made a major breakthrough in the quest for a vaccine against malaria, which snuffs out a million lives every year, particularly of children.The ... Read more...
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Scientist, designer create bodysuit to fend off malaria
May 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 9 (IANS) A scientist and a designer have created a fashionable hooded bodysuit for warding off mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites, a disease that kills 655,000 people annually on ... Read more...
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Ranbaxy launches ‘indigenous’ malaria drug
April 25th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Indian pharma major Ranbaxy Wednesday launched a new "indigenous" anti-malaria drug at a ceremony in the national capital to mark World Malaria Day.The new drug, ... Read more...
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Scientists locate malaria parasites’ Achilles heal
April 22nd, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) Scientists have identified a key protein common to malaria parasites, opening the way to more effective vaccines or drugs against the life-threatening infections caused by the ... Read more...
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Resistance to malaria drug rings alarm bells
April 8th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 8 (IANS) Resistance to anti-malarial drug artemisinin in western Thailand is sending alarm bells ringing among global experts involved in controlling and eliminating the scrouge worldwide, a new ... Read more...
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Re-engineering mosquito’s immunity to block malaria
December 29th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Scientists have hit upon a novel way to block the transmission of malaria parasites to humans -- re-engineering Anopheles mosquito's immune system.
"The immune system of ... Read more...
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Mosquito pill on the horizon
July 12th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dakar, Senegal, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists from Senegal and the Colorado State University have concluded a study into a worm drug which turns the tide against mosquitoes. Scientists have long suspected ... Read more...
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HIV drugs can also kill malaria parasites: Study
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that drugs used to treat HIV may also one day become lifesaving drugs targeted at parasitic diseases such as leishmaniasis and malaria.Colin Berry, a researcher ... Read more...
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EPO doping ‘can cut cerebral malaria related deaths’
April 22nd, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): EPO- the doping drug known from professional cycling- can significantly reduce cerebral malaria related deaths, according to the researchers at the University of Copenhagen.When more than 700,000 people ... Read more...
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Monkeys main reservoir of human malaria in SE Asia
April 8th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 8 (ANI): A study led by an Indian-origin scientist has warned that monkeys infected with an emerging malaria strain are providing a reservoir for human disease in Southeast Asia.It confirmed ... Read more...
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Parasites’ struggle for ‘long-term survival’ makes malaria ‘deadly’
February 15th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Malaria is particularly deadly because the parasites that carry it battle other infections for survival, Edinburgh University scientists have claimed.They found, when malaria parasites enter the bloodstream, they ... Read more...
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Malaria parasites caught in act of invading cells
January 20th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 20 (IANS) Scientists relying on new imaging technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells (RBCs). Researchers from the Walter and ... Read more...
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Malaria parasite caught invading red blood cells
January 20th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Using new image and cell technologies, Australian scientists have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells.The researchers, from the ... Read more...
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Jet lag key to tackling malaria parasites: Study
January 7th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the malaria-causing parasite is poor at spreading the disease if it is jet lagged.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh 'jet lagged' the ... Read more...
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Malaria-infected cells stiffen, block blood flow to brain and other organs
December 21st, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): For the first time, scientists have shown the malaria parasite's journeys in the body using advanced computer modeling and laboratory experiments.Researchers at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute ... Read more...
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New gene study paves way for more anti-malaria treatments
October 11th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 11 (ANI): Scientists have discovered genes that are capable of making some malaria-carrying mosquitoes resistant to insecticide.Scottish researchers have found a gene that enables the parasite that causes the ... Read more...
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New pathway used by malaria parasite to infect human cells identified
September 25th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 25 (ANI): A researcher has identified a new pathway used by the malaria parasite to infect human cells.The discovery, by researchers at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, provides ... Read more...
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New study could improve diagnosis and treatment of malaria
September 9th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 9 (ANI): After examining genomic features of a population of malaria parasites in Peru, researchers have found that it is possible to improve the efficacy of diagnosis and treatment strategies ... Read more...
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Now, ‘needle-free’ natural vaccine against malaria
August 12th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Preventative treatment antibiotics in people living in areas with intense malaria transmission has the potential to act as a 'needle-free' natural vaccine against malaria, says a new study.Researchers ... Read more...
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Antibiotics could act as ‘needle-free’ malaria vaccine
July 21st, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Advance administration of antibiotics in residents of areas with high malaria transmission could act as a natural "needle-free" vaccination against the disease, a new study has found.In the ... Read more...
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Underwater creatures may hold key to malaria cure
June 29th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 29 (ANI): A research team, including an Indian-origin boffin, has revealed that sponges, sea worms and other underwater creatures may hold the key to cure for malaria.University of Central Florida ... Read more...
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Malaria as ancient as humanity, says study
June 18th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 18 (IANS) Malaria, the scourge of mankind, is as ancient as humanity itself and tens of thousands of years older than previously thought.
An international team, led by Imperial ... Read more...
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Malaria threat as old as humanity
June 18th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): A new research, which found that malaria is several thousand years older than previously thought, could help develop new strategies to control the disease.Scientists at Imperial College London ... Read more...
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Novel anti-malarial drug candidate found
May 26th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 26 (ANI): Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a series of chemical compounds that might serve as starting points for the identification of new classes of anti-malarial drugs.In ... Read more...
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World Health Organization issues guidelines for malaria treatment
March 10th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – New guidelines for malaria treatment were issued Tuesday by the United Nations (UN) World Health Organization (WHO).This is the first time the agency releases guidance for effectively ... Read more...
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New weapon to fight malaria, disease-causing bacteria developed
February 16th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): University of Illinois researchers have discovered an unusual chemical reaction mechanism that allows malaria parasites and many disease-causing bacteria to survive.The research team even knows how to ... Read more...
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New discovery may help prevent life-threatening malaria in mums-to-be
February 5th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Danish scientists have made a novel discovery that would help in preventing life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children.The team from University of Copenhagen have ... Read more...
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New discovery may offer malaria treatments
January 29th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): An international team of researchers has made a new discovery that could lead to new treatments for malaria.An international team has learned how the malaria parasites reproduce, which ... Read more...
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Gorillas can reinfect humans with malaria even after eradication
January 20th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) A malignant malaria parasite that infects humans comes from another closely related bug, found in equatorial African chimpanzees and gorillas, which could complicate its eradication, says a new ... Read more...
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Protein group prime candidate for potent malaria vaccine
January 19th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 19 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a protein group that could be worked into the first ever potent malaria vaccine.
Presently no vaccine against malaria is available, but it could be developed ... Read more...
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Assessment of insecticide-treated net program in Tanzania
January 12th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A program in Tanzania, which supplies insecticide treated nets to prevent malaria in pregnant women, successfully delivers the intervention to only 30 percent of women, according to a ... Read more...
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How to control dengue fever spread
December 25th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, December 25 (ANI): Researchers from University of Queensland's (UQ) School of Biological Sciences claim to found a way to control the spread of dengue fever.The disease afflicts more than 50 million ... Read more...
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How malaria parasites manage to outwit our immune system
December 1st, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has shown that malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host's immune system.Malaria is caused by a parasite, which is injected into ... Read more...
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Need for biomedical research in malaria eradication
November 1st, 2009 - 11:30 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): There is a need for biomedical research and new interventions to eradicate malaria worldwide, say scientists at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute of Allergy and ... Read more...
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Indian researchers get Bill and Melinda Gates grants
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 76 grants for bold and innovative ideas to improve global health and three of them have been bagged by ... Read more...
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