Science news articles about 'antimalarials'

A study has found that around one third of antimalarial drugs available in six African cities are below WHO standards.

The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows. Researchers examined the records of 2,093 Geisinger ...

In recent years, the use of a three-day course of an antimalarial treatment called ACT (artemisinin-based combination therapy) in over 40 countries that face endemic malaria has shown great success in ...

Researchers have created a new malaria drug that rejuvenates older antimalarials and helps maintain efficacy in newer drugs.

A study looking at malaria parasites' response to artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs confirms growing resistance in western Cambodia.

... services is limited, functioning scales may be scarce and many treatments are given at home using antimalarials bought from shops and street vendors. In these settings, drug doses are calculated ...

Separate research teams have discovered proteins that could aid the development of antimalarial techniques.

... and this would have a substantial impact on UK malaria", they add. Increasing the use of effective antimalarial prophylactic drugs by travellers visiting sub-Saharan Africa should be a priority, they ...

... of ultraviolet light (UVA1) for some patients. Other treatments may include topical corticosteroids, antimalarials, systemic immunosuppressive medications and physical therapy. In 2007, Dr. Jacobe ...

... Dr. Silverman. "For the short term, however, we still will have no choice but to use these lifesaving antimalarial drugs. However we need to investigate which of the antimalarials can be used in the ...

... , pain relief, and hair growth acceleration. Other BIAs have shown anticancer, antioxidant, antimalarial, and anti-HIV potential. "There are estimated to be thousands of members in the BIA family, ...

... combination therapies (ACTs). "MFT does not necessarily solve all our problems," said Boni. "Antimalarial drug development needs to continue with the hope of producing novel and highly effective ...

... apply in low income countries, the authors argue that we must establish an international antimalarial pregnancy exposure registry. This would enable a "targeted prospective pharmacovigilance approach ...

... , says Metcalf, knowing the genes and understanding the pathway that bacteria use to make this antimalarial means the genes can be manipulated to make the compound even more effective against the ...

Cheaper medicines for malaria are on the horizon with new and faster genetic techniques, say scientists.