Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite

After decades of stalled progress, new vaccines, treatments and genetic tools are helping scientists protect children and ...
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Genetic clues to how malaria-carrying mosquitoes evade control identified

Scientists have discovered genetic clues into how malaria-carrying mosquitoes are evading efforts to control them. A team has examined Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but ...
Reuters

World's first malaria vaccine works in major trial

SEATTLE/LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) -An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the world's ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Scripps Research works to give old anti-malaria drug better staying power

A new clinical trial from Scripps Research in La Jolla aims to make significant gains in the global fight against malaria by making a drug that has been around since the 1970s last longer. Working ...

Drug used for blood disorders may aid recovery in severe malaria, study finds

A new clinical trial led by QIMR Berghofer, in collaboration with University of Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Network has ...
Post Courier

Scientists repurpose blood cancer drug to boost survival in severe malaria cases

A new clinical trial led by QIMR Berghofer, in collaboration with University of Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Network has ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Novartis Malaria Drug Works Against Resistant Strains in Trial

Novartis AG’s experimental malaria drug worked better than existing treatments and showed promise against drug-resistant strains in a study, a potential advance in the fight against the mosquito-borne ...