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Chemistry World April 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Malaria Drug Cures Mice with Single Dose U.S. chemists have adapted a Chinese herbal medicine to create a new generation of antimalarial drugs which could solve some of the current crop's failings. |
Chemistry World April 7, 2009 James Urquhart |
Mass spec exposes seaweed defences The activity of 28 unique anti-fungal chemicals on the surface of a single species of seaweed has been deciphered for the first time with the help of high tech mass spectrometry imaging. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2013 Harriet Brewerton |
Early malaria diagnosis Now, Nicholas Smith and colleagues at Osaka University have shown that Raman spectroscopy can detect changes in heme and hemozoin in plasma samples to identify malarial infection. |
Chemistry World February 9, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Pressurizing red blood cells for information Scientists in Canada have developed a method to study the changes in red blood cells caused by the most common malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. |
Chemistry World January 18, 2013 Emma Eley |
New method to target malaria Malaria affects millions of people each year; however, no effective vaccines exist. Now, scientists from Spain have discovered a new strategy to target the disease. |
Chemistry World August 18, 2006 Bea Perks |
Resistance is Futile Resistance to malaria drugs poses a serious problem in countries where the disease is endemic. But researchers have now reported the synthesis of a hybrid molecule that combines chloroquine with a molecule that reverses resistance. |
Chemistry World May 3, 2011 Michael Gross |
New hope for malaria drugs as sickle cell protection unravelled Researchers have come up with a molecular mechanism that explains how it protects people from this deadly disease. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Kendall Powell |
Malaria's Weakness With different approaches, two HHMI researchers land on an enzyme critical to the malaria parasite's destructive ways. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Robert Koenig |
Collaborating Across an Ocean to Stop Malaria Two scholars, one from Mali and one from the United States team up to produce a vaccine for malaria. |
Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
New antimalarial drug class resists resistance Early indications also show that it may take longer for the parasite to develop resistance to the new molecules than it has for existing drugs targeting the same pathway. |
Chemistry World January 3, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
One-pot synthesis creates anticancer candidates Researchers in Germany have developed a simple, rapid and high-yielding cascade synthesis of a collection of polycyclic compounds that resemble indole alkaloid natural products and which interfere with cell division. |
Chemistry World October 18, 2012 Jessica Cocker |
Killing three parasites with one stone Scientists in the US have developed a hybrid drug that is active against malaria, schistosomiasis or hookworm. |
Chemistry World April 2008 Victoria Gill |
Malaria no More? A fresh round of research funding could put an end to the killer disease. |
Chemistry World June 17, 2015 James Urquhart |
Promising compound offers single dose knock-out for malaria Ian Gilbert and colleagues, working with the Medicines for Malaria Venture, have found a compound dubbed DDD107498 which kills Plasmodium falciparum -- the species responsible for most dangerous form of malaria. |
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Dual-action malaria drug reverses resistance US chemists have designed a new class of antimalarial drug that can reverse the malaria parasite's resistance to existing drugs. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Taking the Sting Out of Malaria Scientists have identified sugar chains lining the mosquito's gut that the malaria parasite latches onto to infect the insect. |
Chemistry World July 3, 2006 Mark Peplow |
Drug Screen Reveals Antimalarial Agent A widely-available antihistamine called astemizole could help in the battle against malaria, according to a survey of more than 2,600 drugs in a pharmaceutical library. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2003 |
Preventing Malaria When You Travel What is malaria? Who gets it?... How is malaria transmitted?... Who is at risk for malaria?... How can I tell if I have malaria?... Can I do anything to keep from getting malaria?... What should I do if I think I have malaria?... etc. |
Chemistry World August 7, 2012 Emma Eley |
Improved drugs to treat malarial liver infection Antimalarial drugs with increased in vitro activity have been developed by scientists in Portugal and the US. These novel drugs, called primacins, are active against two stages of malarial infection. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Brian Orelli |
The Noble Gesture That Wasn't There may be a motive behind Glaxo helping to develop malaria treatments. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2014 James Urquhart |
Smell of malaria attracts mosquitoes The word 'malaria' means 'bad air', but new research suggests the disease may actually make its victims smell good to mosquitoes. |
Salon.com December 15, 2000 Arthur Allen |
Warming to malaria With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research... |
Geotimes May 2005 Jeffrey Shaman |
Malaria Mapping and Prevention Today, scientists from various fields, including the geosciences, are contributing to the fight against malaria and other infectious diseases. |
AskMen.com |
The Upside Of Malaria New research is attempting the first live vaccine to fight malaria. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Einhorn & Kripalani |
Wanted: New Weapons Against An Old Killer Many of the new malaria medicines are in early stages of development. But with tsunami-hit countries receiving billions in aid there may finally be both the will and the means to tackle one of the world's most dangerous diseases. |
Chemistry World July 2010 |
Supporting science The Wellcome Trust is one of the largest science funding bodies in the world. Sir Mark Walport, the trust's director, tells Phillip Broadwith how it spends its money |
Chemistry World August 7, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Malaria disaster risk Two studies could spell disaster for malaria management, with the first evidence of a malarial strain resistant to a first-line drug, and signs that a widely used insect repellent could be neurotoxic. |
Chemistry World December 15, 2011 |
Eastern promise Yongyuth Yuthavong discusses the challenges that face scientists in Thailand with Kathleen Too. |
Chemistry World May 2007 Lisa Melton |
Chinese Medicine in Western Packaging The past decade has seen a global awakening to the truly curative powers of many ancient medicines, from black bear bile to the Asian plant Epimedium. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2011 Sarah Houlton |
A Shot in the Arm for Drugs for Neglected Diseases A new consortium of public and private sector partners has been launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Its aim is to share intellectual property that may help find drugs for malaria, tuberculosis and other neglected tropical diseases. |
Chemistry World August 2009 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the pipeline The author considers what makes a good looking drug molecule - and how beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
Travel Diseases: Africa The allure of a safari through the Serengeti or a trek up Kilimanjaro may inspire you to strike out for the heart of Africa, but before you go there are a few things you should know: like, the huge continent is teeming with bug-borne, water-borne and human-borne diseases. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2007 Joanna Breitstein |
Net Effect Ripley Ballou may finally win approval for a vaccine he started testing as an army physician more than 25 years ago - an advance that could mark the beginning of a whole new phase in the battle against one of the world's great killers: malaria. |
Fast Company September 2006 Tonya Garcia |
Miracle Microbes In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, molecular manipulation may yield cheap and effective malaria drugs. |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Kill It! Double-Teaming Malaria Malaria vaccine might not make Glaxo and Crucell rich, but the life-saving and PR benefits would be welcome. |
Chemistry World July 29, 2015 Maria Burke |
Malaria vaccine approval first marred by efficacy question mark After decades of research, a malaria vaccine has finally been given the green light by a regulatory agency. But with limited efficacy and questions over the vaccine's cost, its future remains unclear. |
Chemistry World April 25, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Drug Costs Cut on World Malaria Day Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis has announced it will reduce by one fifth the price it charges governments and NGOs for artemisinin-based antimalarial Coartem. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Warming Malaria Climate change is expanding the disease-causing pathogen's comfort zone. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2012 Jon Evans |
New microbe turns sugary seaweed into fuel Seaweed may soon be a source of biofuel, thanks to an engineered microbe able to transform seaweed directly into ethanol. |
Scientific American October 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Ending Malaria Deaths in Africa One of the world s worst killers can be stopped soon if we make the investment. |
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley |
Jean-Claude Bradley Drexel University and Blogmaster of Usefulchem.Blogspot.Com This chemist is the creator of a fascinating blog (Web log) called UsefulChem, which aims to bring important and global problems to the attention of the wider chemical community in the hope of finding chemistry-based solutions. |
Bio-IT World July 15, 2003 John Russell |
DoD's New War on Malaria 3rd Millennium helps the U.S. Army enlist genomics and IT to fight an old foe: Plasmodium falciparum, also known as the malaria parasite. |
Scientific American September 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Ending Malaria Deaths in Africa One of the world's worst killers can be stopped soon if we make the investment. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
2008 Medical Science Developments Here are some 2008 medical science developments that might just yield the next big breakthrough. |