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Chemistry World
April 9, 2009
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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
February 24, 2011
Laura Howes |
Seaweed recruited in fight against malaria Compounds found in seaweed have shown anti-malarial properties, killing even drug-resistant malaria parasites. |
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
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. |
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
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
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
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. |
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. |
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
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 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
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. |
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. |
Scientific American
January 2007
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
The Neglected Tropical Diseases For the equivalent of a few days' worth of military spending, devastating illnesses of the global poor could be controlled worldwide. |
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. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Japanese pharma opens compound vaults Japanese pharmaceutical companies are opening up their libraries of experimental compound as part of a new partnership program. The initiative aims to find new drugs for malaria, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases. |
Fast Company
September 2006
Tonya Garcia |
Miracle Microbes In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, molecular manipulation may yield cheap and effective malaria drugs. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Parasitic Worms Who knew that parasitic worms were so common? Take the necessary precautions outlined here, and you'll most certainly be living worm-free. |
Chemistry World
December 15, 2011 |
Eastern promise Yongyuth Yuthavong discusses the challenges that face scientists in Thailand with Kathleen Too. |
Bio-IT World
Dec 2005/Jan 2006
Salvatore Salamone |
Gates, Clinton Address Global Health Summit The conference brought together leaders in business, government, medicine, public philanthropic groups, and the arts to address and develop solutions to the world's heath crises. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
December 4, 2009
Allie Townsend |
Can Parasites Heal as Well as Harm? Fringe Fact vs Fiction To sort through TV's "Fringe" theory of using "parasites as medicine," PM talks to molecular parasitologist Peter Hotez to get the real story on worms. |
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. |
Chemistry World
September 16, 2015
Patrick Walter |
A shot in the arm It's heartening news that an Ebola vaccine has delivered outstanding results and that a malaria one shows early promise. |
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. |
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... |
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
October 2010
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Healing the world Although the role of science has not been strongly emphasised in discourse surrounding the Millennium Development Goals, the work of scientists contributes towards making the world a better place. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Travel Diseases: Central & South America There are more than a few diseases that can turn your dream vacation to Central or South America into a nightmare -- so here are a few "ounces of prevention." |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Warming Malaria Climate change is expanding the disease-causing pathogen's comfort zone. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
Chemistry World
May 3, 2012
Akshat Rathi |
Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial Synriam It is the first recently developed antimalarial that is not based on artemisinin, one of the most effective treatments for malaria, which has begun to suffer from problems with resistance in recent years. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Most Contagious Diseases Super-contagious diseases spread like wildfire. The best way to battle any of these nasty bugs is to avoid them altogether. Keep your eyes open for these most-unwanted diseases, and stay healthy. |
