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Mosquito Genetics May Offer Clues to Control Malaria, Researchers Say
October 5, 2012 — An African mosquito species with a deadly capacity to transmit malaria has a perplexing evolutionary ... > full story -
Chloroquine Makes Comeback to Combat Malaria
October 3, 2012 — Malaria-drug monitoring over the past 30 years has shown that malaria parasites develop resistance to medicine, and the first signs of resistance to the newest drugs have just been observed. At the ... > full story -
Sticky Paper Offers Cheap, Easy Solution for Paper-Based Diagnostics
October 2, 2012 — Global health researchers are working on cheap systems like a home-based pregnancy test that might work for malaria, diabetes or other diseases. A new chemical technique makes medically interesting ... > full story -
Novel Pathogen Epidemic Identified in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spread of Human Invasive Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Tracked
September 30, 2012 — Researchers have found that the spread of a dangerous bacteria that can be fatal in up to 45% of people infected in sub-Sahara Africa may have been instigated by the emergence and spread of HIV in ... > full story -
Potentially Dangerous New Malaria Mosquito Identified
September 29, 2012 — Entomologists recently discovered a potentially dangerous new malaria-transmitting mosquito. The as yet unnamed, and previously unreported, mosquito breeds in the western areas of Kenya and has an ... > full story -
Nanotechnology Device Aims to Prevent Malaria Deaths Through Rapid Diagnosis
September 26, 2012 — A pioneering mobile device using cutting-edge nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and ... > full story -
Mosquito Virus Could Lead to New Vaccines and Drugs
September 21, 2012 — The newly discovered Eilat virus is closely related to some of the world's most dangerous pathogens but incapable of infecting non-insect hosts. This attribute could make the virus a uniquely useful ... > full story -
Climate Change to Fuel Northern Spread of Avian Malaria: Malaria Already Found in Birds in Alaska
September 19, 2012 — Malaria has been found in birds in parts of Alaska, and global climate change will drive it even farther north, according to a new study. The spread could prove devastating to arctic bird species ... > full story -
Chemist Develops New Synthesis of Most Useful, Yet Expensive, Antimalarial Drug
September 13, 2012 — In 2010 malaria caused an estimated 665,000 deaths, mostly among African children. Now, chemists have developed a new synthesis for the world's most useful antimalarial drug, artemisinin, giving hope ... > full story -
Genetic Make-Up of Children Explains How They Fight Malaria Infection
September 12, 2012 — Researchers have identified several novel genes that make some children more efficient than others in the way their immune system responds to malaria ... > full story
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