Variation Of Natural Compound Cures Malaria In Mice
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
Approximately 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria are diagnosed each year mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. While medications to prevent and treat malaria do exist, the demand for new treatments is on the rise, in part, because malaria parasites have developed a resistance to existing medications. Now, researchers have discovered one way to stop malaria parasite growth, and this new finding could guide the development of new malaria treatments.
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