A recent study suggests that an epidemic of fake malaria drugs are spreading to Africa.
NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- A plan to help stabilize prices for malaria drugs is the core of an agreement reached by former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation, the foundation said.
The F.D.A. is set to approve the first malaria drug to contain a wormwood derivative - a popular treatment for the disease in Africa and Asia.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is launching a new cherry-flavored malaria drug that it says children will be less likely to spit out....
... means of making artemisinin, the most powerful anti-malaria drug in use today, synthetic biology can also help ... Low-Cost, Effective, Anti-Malarial Drugs.
"Synthetic biology is somewhat like building ...
... not only provide a simple and much less expensive means of making artemisinin, the most powerful anti-malaria drug in use today, but can also help extend the drug's effectiveness. Bundling microbial- ...
... Institute at Virginia Tech have identified Heme Detoxification Protein, a unique protein encoded in the malaria genome that represents a potential target for developing new malaria drugs.
... thereby wreaking havoc in the human body. The malaria parasites are able to reproduce both through ... example, render them more susceptible to anti-malaria drugs. Further testing is also required to see ...
... little research on how best to treat it, say a team of malaria experts in this week's PLoS Medicine. Nicholas ... knowing whether new drugs, including new malaria drugs, are effective and safe in pregnancy ...
... an essential adhesion protein would be an effective anti-malarial.
All currently available malaria drugs attempt to disrupt the metabolism or biological function of the parasite. Unfortunately, ...
A study in Kenya shows that malaria intermittent preventative treatment reduces anaemia and increases attention span in children.
... tracts of villagers from remote rainforest communities in Guyana who had been given the drug chloroquine to prevent and treat malaria, a potentially fatal disease spread by mosquitoes. This is the ...
Overuse of a drug used in treating malaria may play a role in growing resistance to a related antibiotic, according to a new study in Guyana.
... the tricks malaria uses to hide from the immune proteins, which may aid in future drug development. Malaria parasites (plasmodia) are transmitted to people via infected mosquitoes. Once inside their ...
... genes spread within the parasites that cause malaria: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P ... superb breakthrough in mathematical modeling applied to malaria drug deployment." Milhous has worked to develop ...
