Malaria News and Research

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Three signs of real progress against sickle cell disease

A decade ago, the United Nations declared June 19 to be World Sickle Cell Awareness Day- and for good reason.

19 Jun 2019

Online shopping interventions could help customers make healthier choices

Altering the default order in which foods are shown on the screen, or offering substitutes lower in saturated fat could help customers make healthier choices when shopping for food online, according to a study published in the open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

16 Jun 2019

Engineers crack the code to quickly diagnose anti-malarial drug resistance

One of the keys to quickly diagnosing anti-malarial drug resistance -- potentially saving lives -- lies in testing whole blood instead of extracting DNA, eliminating processing steps that can take hours or days.

13 Jun 2019

New assay uses a drop of blood to detect patients' resistance to antimalarial drugs

Antimalarial drugs appear to follow a typical pattern, with early effectiveness eventually limited by the emergence of drug resistance.

13 Jun 2019

Human liver cell protein aids development of malaria parasite, study finds

Researchers in Japan have discovered that the Plasmodium parasites responsible for malaria rely on a human liver cell protein for their development into a form capable of infecting red blood cells and causing disease.

12 Jun 2019

Malaria drug may help those with hereditary hearing loss finds study

Researchers have found that anti-malarial drug artemisinin could help patients with genetic or hereditary hearing loss. The study results were published in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study was titled, “Unconventional secretory pathway activation restores hair cell mechanotransduction in an USH3A model.”

12 Jun 2019

Doctors urge hospitals to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children with sepsis

Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis.

11 Jun 2019

Proteasome inhibitors show potential for combating multidrug-resistant malaria

Proteasome inhibitors have significant promise as components of novel combination therapies to treat multidrug-resistant malaria, according to a study published June 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by David Fidock, Caroline Ng, and Barbara Stokes of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Matthew Bogyo of Stanford University School of Medicine, and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 10 Jun 2019

GM fungus kills 99% of mosquitoes in Malaria-endemic region of Africa

Mosquito populations that are responsible for spreading malaria can be dramatically reduced with a new GM fungus that produces spider toxins.

31 May 2019

New diagnostic tool helps develop improved RDTs and support public health surveillance

PATH and Quansys Biosciences, Inc. have announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool designed to help researchers develop more sensitive and reliable malaria rapid diagnostic tests and to support public health surveillance.

31 May 2019

IVI and MCRI to coordinate global push for developing vaccine against Strep A bacteria

The International Vaccine Institute and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute will coordinate a global push to free the world of Group A Streptococcus, the contagious bacteria that kills half a million people every year and is developing resistance to antibiotics.

31 May 2019

Mites and ticks are part of the same evolutionary line, research shows

Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum in London have reconstructed the evolutionary history of the chelicerates, the mega-diverse group of 110,000 arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks.

27 May 2019

Malaria free status for Algeria and Argentina

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Argentina and Algeria malaria-free in a historic announcement for the two nations.

27 May 2019

Study explains most effective actions to control dispersal of mosquitofish in water ecosystems

Preventing the introduction of the mosquitofish and removing its population are the most effective actions to control the dispersal of this exotic fish in ponds and lakes, according to a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

25 May 2019

Tips to stay safe and well when temperatures soar

Dehydration, sunburn, heatstroke, insect bites, rashes, and lacerations – summer can spell health meltdown with a seemingly endless list of unsightly, uncomfortable, and potentially lethal hazards.

24 May 2019

Southern Research team aims to discover new, safer antimalarial medicines

Scientists at Southern Research's Drug Discovery division have joined the fight against malaria through efforts aimed at discovering new drugs and improving the safety and efficacy of current antimalarial medicines.

22 May 2019

Marine natural compounds could be potential treatments for triple negative breast cancer

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface and provide a rich source of unique, bioactive natural products.

17 May 2019

Scientists investigate function of AAPP in mosquito blood feeding

Biting insects use a range of tools when sucking blood from hosts to maximize their chances of a good meal.

13 May 2019

Egg yolk precursor protein plays key role in regulating mosquitos’ attraction to humans

Feeding mosquitoes sugar makes them less attracted to humans, a response that is regulated by the protein vitellogenin, according to a study publishing May 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Jessica Dittmer, Paolo Gabrieli and colleagues at the Università degli Studi di Pavia in Italy.

10 May 2019

Discovery of small-molecule inhibitors could enable precise control over CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

The discovery of the first small-molecule inhibitors of the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) protein could enable more precise control over CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing, researchers report May 2 in the journal Cell.

3 May 2019

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

Three signs of real progress against sickle cell disease

Online shopping interventions could help customers make healthier choices

Engineers crack the code to quickly diagnose anti-malarial drug resistance

New assay uses a drop of blood to detect patients' resistance to antimalarial drugs

Human liver cell protein aids development of malaria parasite, study finds

Malaria drug may help those with hereditary hearing loss finds study

Doctors urge hospitals to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children with sepsis

Proteasome inhibitors show potential for combating multidrug-resistant malaria

GM fungus kills 99% of mosquitoes in Malaria-endemic region of Africa

New diagnostic tool helps develop improved RDTs and support public health surveillance

IVI and MCRI to coordinate global push for developing vaccine against Strep A bacteria

Mites and ticks are part of the same evolutionary line, research shows

Malaria free status for Algeria and Argentina

Study explains most effective actions to control dispersal of mosquitofish in water ecosystems

Tips to stay safe and well when temperatures soar

Southern Research team aims to discover new, safer antimalarial medicines

Marine natural compounds could be potential treatments for triple negative breast cancer

Scientists investigate function of AAPP in mosquito blood feeding

Egg yolk precursor protein plays key role in regulating mosquitos’ attraction to humans

Discovery of small-molecule inhibitors could enable precise control over CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

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