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New drugs prevent malaria effectively
Medicine - Health

New drugs prevent malaria effectively

International scientists have discovered a family of compounds that create a new generation of antimalarial drugs, which not only eliminates symptoms but also prevents t…

December 14, 2018
Detecting the path of infection of malaria
Medicine - Health

Detecting the path of infection of malaria

Scientists at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK) have discovered a way to penetrate red blood cells of malaria-causing parasites, promising to help develop effective…

December 14, 2018
Detecting weaknesses of malaria parasites
Medicine - Health

Detecting weaknesses of malaria parasites

Scientists working at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, have found an important weakness in the cellular structure of the malaria Plasmodium falciparum p…

December 14, 2018
Identify infected cucumbers
Medicine - Health

Identify infected cucumbers

At least 10 Germans died after eating E.coli infected cucumbers from Spain. According to experts, not only foreign cucumbers are infected but cucumbers grown in Vietnam…

December 14, 2018
New drugs treat HIV and malaria
Medicine - Health

New drugs treat HIV and malaria

Century disease HIV / AIDS and malaria share a number of similarities in terms of molecules. Therefore, it is possible to appear 'super drug' that can cure both diseases.

December 14, 2018
New method to cure African sleepiness
Medicine - Health

New method to cure African sleepiness

The British Journal of Nature published on April 1 said that Canadian and British scientists have found a new way to treat African sleeping sickness (often referred to a…

December 14, 2018
New way to fight malaria
Medicine - Health

New way to fight malaria

Australian scientists have identified eight types of genes involved in the development of malaria parasites in human red blood cells. This opens a new direction in fight…

December 14, 2018
Put parasitic worms on yourself
Medicine - Health

Put parasitic worms on yourself

In 2004, David Pritchard himself covered his arm with a cloth covered with hookworm larvae, like maggots on the surface of meat. He kept the covering for a few days to m…

December 14, 2018