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Change the environment to fight malaria
Changing the environment by using everything from shovels and plows to plant-based pesticides can act as curtains and vaccinations in the fight against malaria, accordin…
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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…
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New technique to diagnose malaria
Scientists from the University of Exeter and Coventry University have developed the first new malaria diagnostic technique that can challenge the rapid diagnostic test R…
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Hereditary anemia helps the body fight malaria
Children with a genetic disorder with a blood disorder called alpha thalassemia often produce abnormally small blood cells, a form of mild anemia. Currently, scientists…
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The role of vitamin A and zinc in the treatment of malaria
Does vitamin A and zinc boost children help prevent malaria? A randomized experiment suggested that the answer was
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Sea cucumber - new 'weapon' against malaria
Nudibranchs (photos) produce a protein called lectin that weakens the development of malaria parasites. This can be seen as a promising new weapon in preventing the spre…
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Prepare vaccines to prevent malaria by ... mosquitoes!
Using the mosquito's own malaria parasite to produce vaccines is a project under development by an international research group in the United States.
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In the next 5 years, the malaria vaccine is available in the market
Hundreds of millions of dollars are currently being invested in a new vaccine, preventing malaria called Mosquirix. The successful rate of prevention is 66%. It is expec…
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The risk of disease with humans in the 21st century
Not only new diseases such as influenza epidemic, acute respiratory syndrome - SARS, the world health experts are also concerned about the return of many old diseases su…
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Fish can fight malaria mosquitoes
Kenyan researchers were surprised to use a small fish as a weapon to combat the rapid spread of malaria. That is the tilapia Nile fish
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Mosquitoes 'kill' malaria
On March 19, scientists announced that they had created genetically modified mosquitoes without malaria. Tests show that this genetically modified mosquito can quickly i…
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KP-15: New synthetic substance to kill malaria parasites
Canadian scientists have announced that they have synthesized a substance that kills malaria parasites, including drug resistant strains. This finding is of great signif…
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Researchers found drugs that prevent malaria parasites
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered how malaria parasites 'persuade' red blood cells to cover them - and how to prevent parasites and ugravers.
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Genetic map: a new tool for malaria research
An international team of scientists has announced the completion of a large genome map that represents the genetic variation of human malaria parasites of the Plasmodium…
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Malaria increases the spread of Aids
The study, published in the journal Science, says the two diseases interact to spread faster. When people infected with Aids have malaria, the amount of HIV virus in the…