Malaria News

Posted July 27, 2012:

• 'Diving Board' Sensors Key to DNA Detection

Posted July 19, 2012:

• Novel Anti-Malarial Drug Target Identified

Posted July 16, 2012:

• Genetically Engineered Bacteria Prevent Mosquitoes from Transmitting Malaria

Posted July 6, 2012:

• Breakthrough Malaria Drug Approved in India Will Take Bite out of Malaria, Experts Say

Posted July 5, 2012:

• Future Dengue Forecast: Intricate Relationships Between Mosquitoes, Virus and Climate Change Found

Posted July 4, 2012:

• New Drug Prospect Offers Hope Against Hookworm Infections

Posted July 2, 2012:

• Mosquitoes: How We Smell Is Why They Bite

Posted June 26, 2012:

• Human Insulin Suppresses Mosquito Immune System: Increasing Cases of Type II Diabetes Could Abet Malaria’s Spread

Posted June 21, 2012:

• Spiders Enlisted in Fight Against Woodworms: Could They Also Help Control Malaria?

Posted June 13, 2012:

• Putting Parasites on the World Map: Methods Developed to Enable Large-Scale Analysis of Malaria Parasite Genomes from Patient Blood Samples

Posted June 12, 2012:

• Mosquitoes Bred to Be Incapable of Transmitting Malaria

Posted June 7, 2012:

• Immune System 'Circuitry' That Kills Malaria in Mosquitoes Identified

Posted May 23, 2012:

• New Process Would Make Anti-Malarial Drug Less Costly

Posted May 21, 2012:

• New Discoveries About Severe Malaria
• Heparin-Like Compounds Inhibit Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone

Posted May 16, 2012:

• Biologists Produce Potential Malarial Vaccine from Algae

Posted May 8, 2012:

• African Designer and Scientist Fashion Anti-Malaria Garment That Wards Off Bugs

Posted May 7, 2012:

• New Rearing System May Aid Sterile Insect Technique Against Mosquitoes

Posted April 27, 2012:

• Genetic Mutation in African Malaria Parasite Shown to Give Resistance to Best Drugs

Posted April 20, 2012:

• Scientists Find Achilles' Heel in Life-Threatening Malaria Parasites

Posted April 8, 2012:

• Emergence of Artemisinin Resistance on Thai-Myanmar Border Raises Spectre of Untreatable Malaria

Posted April 5, 2012:

• Novel Method Used to Combat Malaria Drug Resistance

Posted April 2, 2012:

• Compound Halts Growth of Malaria Parasite
• Combination Drug Treatment Can Cut Malaria by 30 Percent

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Modified Bone Drug Kills Malaria Parasite in Mice

Posted February 14, 2012:

• Malaria Parasite Goes Bananas Before Sex

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Ultrasound Study Provides First Direct Evidence of Effect of Malaria on Fetal Growth

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Continental Mosquito With 'Vector' Potential Found Breeding in UK After 60 Year Absence

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Combined Approach to Global Health Has Benefits

Posted February 3, 2012:

• Schooling Protects Refugee Children from Disease, Danish Study Finds

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Malaria Kills Nearly Twice as Many People Than Previously Thought, but Deaths Declining Rapidly

Posted January 27, 2012:

• Research on Vitamins Could Lead to the Design of Novel Drugs to Combat Malaria

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Researchers Discover Method to Unravel Malaria's Genetic Secrets

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Fundamental Malaria Discovery: How Parasites Target Proteins to Surface of Red Blood Cells

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Unveiling Malaria's 'Cloak of Invisibility'

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Anti-Malaria Drug Synthesized With the Help of Oxygen and Light

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Researchers Locate Protein That Could 'Turn Off' Deadly Disease Carrier

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Novel Anti-Viral Immune Pathway Discovered in Mosquito

Posted January 7, 2012:

• Scientists Characterize Protein Essential to Survival of Malaria Parasite

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Mosquito Immune System Engineered to Block Malaria

Posted December 29, 2011:

• Microbial Communities on Skin Affect Humans' Attractiveness to Mosquitoes

Posted December 20, 2011:

• New Candidate Vaccine Neutralizes All Tested Strains of Malaria Parasite

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Immunological Defense Mechanism Leaves Malaria Patients Vulnerable to Deadly Infection

Posted December 12, 2011:

• Malaria During Pregnancy: New Study Assesses Risks During First Trimester
• Bloodstream Malaria Infections in Mice Successfully Cleared
• Seabirds: Climate Differences Have Less Impact on Transmission of Blood Parasites Than Expected

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Novel Drug Wipes out Deadliest Malaria Parasite Through Starvation

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Senses of Sophistication: Mosquitoes Detect Subtle Cues Finding Food, Spreading Diseases

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Cell Surface Mutation Protects Against Common Type of Malaria

Posted November 19, 2011:

• Public Asked to Help in Fight Against Malaria

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