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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 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 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 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. |
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 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 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 April 2008 Victoria Gill |
Malaria no More? A fresh round of research funding could put an end to the killer disease. |
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 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 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 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. |
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. |
Chemistry World December 15, 2011 |
Eastern promise Yongyuth Yuthavong discusses the challenges that face scientists in Thailand with Kathleen Too. |
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 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. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2003 Lo Re & Gluckman |
Prevention of Malaria in Travelers As travel to tropical locations increases, U.S. physicians are being asked more frequently to provide recommendations for malaria prevention. An organized approach to reducing the risk of acquiring this disease is necessary. |
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 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 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. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com |
The Upside Of Malaria New research is attempting the first live vaccine to fight malaria. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
2008 Medical Science Developments Here are some 2008 medical science developments that might just yield the next big breakthrough. |
Chemistry World March 31, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Blood clotting light work for new molecule The molecule, which works with the help of an enzyme, could one day be used in medicine to shut off blood supply to localized areas of the human body such as tumors. |
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. |
Chemistry World October 26, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Malaria vaccine pilot studies recommended by WHO The World Health Organization has said the RTS,S malaria vaccine should be tested further through a series of pilot studies before it can recommend its widespread use. |
Chemistry World December 16, 2014 Anthony King |
Antimicrobial resistance will kill 300 million by 2050 without action A new report looks to a future where drug resistance is not tackled between now and 2050. |
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. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Warming Malaria Climate change is expanding the disease-causing pathogen's comfort zone. |
Reactive Reports September 2007 David Bradley |
Insecticidal Synthesis The efforts of 40 PhD chemistry students and many others have found a way to construct azadirachtin -- a natural insecticide from the neem tree -- in a total synthesis of 64 individual chemical reaction steps. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
GSK to apply for malaria vaccine approval Preliminary results from the first ever Phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine show that it can reduce malaria infections in vaccinated children over 18 months. |
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled. |
Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Ross McLaren |
Back to the future: old reactions to help the new Researchers from the US have delved into the history of organic chemistry to help chemists better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule. |
Chemistry World March 22, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos |
Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size. |
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 October 1, 2003 Lo Re & Gluckman |
Fever in the Returned Traveler With the rising popularity of international travel to exotic locations, family physicians are encountering more febrile patients who recently have visited tropical countries. |
Outside September 2006 Jennifer Kahn |
Itchy For more than 100 years, a swat team of brilliant scientists, pest-control shock troops, and eggheads with bizarre schemes have been waging a global war against mosquitoes. Why are the pests still winning? |
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. |
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 |
Molecule does two-step Duke University researchers have found a way to make a molecule react only when it has been hit by two photons of ultraviolet light, making the molecule a controllable switch. The molecule could eventually be used in optical storage devices and in biochips. |
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Molecular memory is electric Researchers from Osaka Kyoiku University in Japan have found a way to use a single molecule to store computer information. |