Malaria treatment

Antimalarial drug prevents diabetes in arthritis patients

harminka — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:12:25 -0500

The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows.

New routes, challenges in global fight against malaria

harminka — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:43:52 -0500

The genome of this parasite provides relevant data for future research; the discovery of exclusive families of genes and what appear to be new routes of invasion for penetrating the red blood cells also raise certain question marks

Best way to treat malaria

harminka — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:59:19 -0500

A team of scientists employing a sophisticated computer model pioneered at Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria treatment.

Exeter engineers create new technique for malaria diagnosis

harminka — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:32:02 -0500

Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Coventry have developed the first new technique for diagnosing malaria able to challenge the rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) currently used in the field.

Discovery to hasten new malaria treatments, vaccines for children

harminka — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:18:40 -0500

April 25 is World Malaria Day 2008 and despite the grim statistics out of Africa there’s cause for celebration. Florida State University biologists have discovered an autoimmune-like response in blood drawn from malaria-infected African children that helps to explain why existing DNA-based anti-malaria vaccines have repeatedly failed to protect them.

Mutation in human gene helps protect against fatal malaria

harminka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:33:11 -0500

New research suggests that not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems according to scientists at the University of Toronto.

International health experts to enlist public in war on African malaria

harminka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:10:37 -0500

Philanthropy just got easier and a lot more accessible to the public thanks to the social networking power of the Internet and a ground-breaking partnership between a young British entrepreneur, a global health think tank and an African medical research institute.

Model identifies targets for eradication of malaria

harminka — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:47:25 -0500

Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciкncia (IGC), in Portugal, have shown that Malaria eradication in Africa is sustainable, and any re-emergence of malaria in industrialized nations is highly unlikely. Working with colleagues in Kenya, the IGC researchers created a mathematical model of malaria transmission throughout sub-Saharan Africa, published in this week’s PLoS ONE.

Newly developed anti-malarial medicine treats toxoplasmosis

harminka — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:37:00 -0600

A new drug that will soon enter clinical trials for treatment of malaria also appears to be 10 times more effective than the key medicine in the current gold-standard treatment for toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by a related parasite that infects nearly one-third of all humans—more than two billion people worldwide.

Supplementary approach to malaria

harminka — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:09:58 -0600

Could a simple vitamin A and zinc supplement help protect young children from malaria" A randomized double blind trial reported in the open access publication, Nutrition Journal, would suggest the answer is yes.

Early promising results in malaria vaccine trial in Mali

harminka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:30:38 -0600

A small clinical trial conducted by an international team of researchers in Mali has found that a candidate malaria vaccine was safe and elicited strong immune responses in the 40 Malian adults who received it.

Research discovers new compounds active against tuberculosis and malaria

harminka — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:01:25 -0600

University of Navarra PhD in chemistry researcher, Esther Vicente, has discovered new compounds active for treating tuberculosis and malaria.