‘Game-changing’ British-made malaria vaccine could save the lives of millions of children after study showed using it with cocktail of other drugs slashed death rates by up to 72.9% Scientists have found that combining the malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs…
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NIH’s Experimental Antibody Drug Prevents Malaria in Small Study
(Reuters) – An experimental monoclonal antibody developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) prevented malaria for up to nine months in volunteers exposed to the disease-causing parasite in a small trial, researchers reported on Wednesday in the New…
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Malaria vaccine that uses live parasites can give 100% protection
Malaria vaccine that uses live parasites provides 100% protection against a wide range of strains when given alongside 86p pills A vaccine combined with chloroquine gave 100% protection against the disease The US scientists behind the study said the level of…
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Venezuela fears malaria more than COVID
Luz Martinez has caught malaria three times, the last of which was when she was six months pregnant with her fourth child. Like many Venezuelans, she fears malaria more than COVID-19. In her dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Barcelona,…
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Altering a mosquito's gut genes shows promise to curb malaria
Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published today in eLife. The study is the latest in…
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Arrayjet plays a key role in the development of anti-malarial vaccination
The quest to develop effective malarial vaccines is now a step closer with Scottish bio-printer manufacturer Arrayjet, selected to work with a Kenyan-based medical research group to assist ongoing R&D trials that could lead to a vaccination immunization program to…
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Researchers shed light on T-cell receptor activation in response to infection
Immune cells specialize to ensure the most efficient defense against viruses and other pathogens. Researchers at the University of Basel have shed light on this specialization of T cells and shown that it occurs differently in the context of an…
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APO-Amisulpride
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. APO-AMISULPRIDE Amisulpride Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about amisulpride. It does not contain all the available information. It…
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Researchers pioneer more effective way to block malaria transmission in mosquitoes
Employing a strategy known as “population modification,” which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system to introduce genes preventing parasite transmission into mosquito chromosomes, University of California researchers have made a major advance in the use of genetic technologies to…
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Invasive mosquito species could bring more malaria to Africa’s urban areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria—known as Anopheles stephensi – has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jeremy Herren and Clifford Mutero to provide insights into why…
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