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Malaria Kills Nearly Twice as Many People Than Previously Thought, but Deaths Declining Rapidly
February 2, 2012 — Malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought -- 1.2 million -- but the number of deaths has fallen rapidly as efforts to combat the disease have ramped up, according to new ... > full story -
Research on Vitamins Could Lead to the Design of Novel Drugs to Combat Malaria
January 27, 2012 — New research could lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat malaria. The research will enable scientists to learn more about the nature of the enzymes required for vitamin biosynthesis by ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Method to Unravel Malaria's Genetic Secrets
January 25, 2012 — Researchers have devised a technique to overcome a genetic oddity of Plasmodium falciparum, the major cause of human malaria, which has stymied research into the organism's genes. The technique opens ... > full story -
Fundamental Malaria Discovery: How Parasites Target Proteins to Surface of Red Blood Cells
January 20, 2012 — Researchers have made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly disease. The researchers show how parasites target proteins to the surface of the red blood cell that ... > full story -
Unveiling Malaria's 'Cloak of Invisibility'
January 18, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a molecule that is key to malaria's 'invisibility cloak.' The research will help to better understand how the parasite causes disease and escapes from the defenses mounted ... > full story -
Anti-Malaria Drug Synthesized With the Help of Oxygen and Light
January 17, 2012 — In the future it should be possible to produce the best anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, more economically and in sufficient volumes for all ... > full story -
Researchers Locate Protein That Could 'Turn Off' Deadly Disease Carrier
January 12, 2012 — Genome sequencing leads to the identification of a protein crucial to the work of two parasites as they spread a pair of deadly diseases, toxoplasmosis and ... > full story -
Novel Anti-Viral Immune Pathway Discovered in Mosquito
January 10, 2012 — Virginia Tech researchers have identified a novel anti-viral pathway in the immune system of culicine mosquitoes, the insect family to which mosquitoes that spread yellow fever, West Nile fever, ... > full story -
Scientists Characterize Protein Essential to Survival of Malaria Parasite
January 7, 2012 — A biology lab has successfully cracked the structure of an enzyme made by Plasmodium falciparum, the parasitical protozoan that causes the most lethal form of malaria. Plasmodium cannot live without ... > full story -
Mosquito Immune System Engineered to Block Malaria
January 5, 2012 — Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the Anopheles mosquito’s innate immune system could be genetically engineered to block the transmission of the malaria-causing parasite to ... > full story
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