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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 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 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. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 |
Scientists are targeting surface proteins to battle disease. Now that genomic analyses have identified the genes that express surface proteins, scientists are focusing on how pathogens detect attacks from the human immune system and quickly change their coats. |
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 April 2008 Victoria Gill |
Malaria no More? A fresh round of research funding could put an end to the killer disease. |
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 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 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 February 18, 2008 John Bonner |
Flicking the Acetyl Switch A strain of Escherichia coli that can produce proteins containing an acetylated version of the amino acid lysine could help to reveal how acetylation changes the function of hundreds of proteins inside cells. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
'Super-yeast' tackles unnatural proteins Researchers in the US have engineered yeast cells to produce large amounts of proteins containing unnatural amino acids (UAAs) - a feat that has previously only been possible with bacteria. |
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 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 April 6, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Rousing sleeping sickness research An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness could be on the horizon, say UK scientists who believe that such a drug would improve the lives of more than 50,000 people who are afflicted with the disease. |
Bio-IT World July 15, 2003 Julia Boguslavsky |
'Fingerprinting' a Single Cell Single-cell proteomics is finally within reach, thanks to a professor of analytical chemistry. |
Popular Mechanics November 12, 2008 Kate Schweitzer |
Scientists Say Fringe Parasites are Far From Realistic Is the wormlike parasite seen in last week's episode of the popular TV show Fringe a true possibility? Scientists weigh in on the question. |
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 January 4, 2007 Henry Nicholls |
Microscopic Lab Investigates Contents of a Cell It's small-scale science that could have a massive impact on research into cell biology. Scientists have produced a microscopic laboratory where they can count individual proteins in a single cell. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Proteins swap partners UK researchers have discovered that proteins which use metal cofactors can be surprisingly promiscuous metal binders, happily taking up the 'wrong' metal. |
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 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. |
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 December 19, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Snapshot of Proteins Linked to Autism Researchers in France and the US have caught on camera the gentle embrace between two proteins that sit on either side of the junction between nerve cells. It's this short circuit that has thought to cause some types of autism. |
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 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. |
IDB America October 2006 Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Argentine Laboratory Tracks a Killer A new University of Buenos Aires laboratory is addressing one of the neglected diseases the Pan American Health Organization describes as "stigmatizing diseases of poverty that can only be tackled by leadership and a concerted political and economic effort." |
Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Sonja Hampel |
Antigenic sugars identified for Chagas disease Scientists have synthesised the combinations of sugars from the surface of the Chagas disease parasite that trigger the human immune response to it. This could help establish better diagnostic tests for the disease, and even a vaccine. |
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 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. |
Bio-IT World February 11, 2005 Kevin Davies |
In Living Color Researchers have developed a palette of fluorescent proteins to complement the green fluorescent protein (GFP), a stable of cell biology for a decade. |
Popular Mechanics January 21, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
Cells Skirt Reality and Supersize on Fringe: Hollywood Fact vs Fiction Parasites were back on the TV show Fringe, after making a factually-challenged appearance in an earlier episode. |
Salon.com September 26, 2000 Jill Wolfson |
You're an excellent host Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood. Science writer Carl Zimmer's new book, "Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures," introduces readers to some of nature's most sinister characters... |
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 August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell |
High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester. |
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 Jeffrey Skolnick |
Protein Structure Prediction in Drug Discovery Indications are that structure prediction can assist in the automated assignment of proteins to known pathways. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Warming Malaria Climate change is expanding the disease-causing pathogen's comfort zone. |
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. |
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Mark D. Uehling |
Fishing Chips The next generation of protein microarrays from the likes of Protometrix and Molecular Staging may threaten the early leads of Biacore and Ciphergen -- and work so well that drug companies won't want them. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Don't FRET over broken polymers Fluorescent proteins could one day help identify microscopic cracks and damage in polymer materials, allowing them to be monitored to prevent failure in load-bearing applications such as in aerospace and biomedical devices. |
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 June 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Boron is Key to Antifungal Agent Researchers have shown that the presence of a boron atom is key to an antifungal agent being developed to treat infections of fingernails and toenails. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile US scientists have developed a sensor system for profiling the protein content of human blood serum without needing individual receptors for each separate protein. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Viral Nanoreactor Captures Single Molecules Researchers in the Netherlands have created a biochemical nanoreactor by cracking open a virus, removing its contents then reassembling the virus's protein coat around a single molecule of enzyme. |
Chemistry World November 21, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Side-Effect-Free Chemotherapy Scientists have now developed an enzyme with the potential to eliminate the extreme fatigue, sickness and hair loss that result from this cell damage and strike fear into the hearts of cancer patients. |
Chemistry World May 2, 2007 Michael Gross |
Protein Printboard Chemists in the Netherlands have created nanoscale structures that can immobilize proteins with exquisite control over specificity, strength and orientation. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
Regenerative Medicine's Slow Start Scientists think proteins that spur the body to heal could make powerful drugs, but harnessing that potential has been tough |