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Researchers optimistic about malaria vaccine progress

While the world is as close as it has ever been to having a malaria vaccine, the fight to eradicate the disease is far from over. That was the consensus among experts in the field who gathered at a forum hosted by...

5 May, 2016

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New malaria vaccine generates robust immune response

A new malaria vaccine candidate has been found to generate robust immune response while significantly delaying arasitemia in 59 per cent of vaccinated subjects, according to a first-of-its-kind in-human study...

7 March, 2016

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Researchers uncover essential interaction between malaria parasites and liver cells

Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research recently uncovered a critical piece in the puzzle of how malaria parasites infect their host. The work, recently published in ScienceMagazine, reveals the details...

11 December, 2015

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WHO experts temper malaria vaccine hopes

WHO advisors have put a damper on hopes that the first malaria vaccine could soon reach African infants. In July, European regulators deemed the RTS,S vaccine safe, saying it provides “limited” but worthwhile protection...

2 November, 2015

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Cancer cure by malaria vaccine accidentally discovered: study

While investigating a way to create an effective malaria vaccine for pregnant women without it attacking the placenta, Danish researchers found that their experimental malaria vaccine can attack cancer cells. The...

19 October, 2015

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WHO urges stronger malaria elimination strategy

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently urged health professionals to strengthen their malaria elimination strategy because approximately 3.2 billion people are still considered at risk for contracting malaria. The...

31 July, 2015

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Malaria and Epstein-Barr Virus: A Lethal Combination

A recent study in PLOS Pathogens investigates how Epstein-Barr virus and malaria co-infection may create a lethal combination if the timing is right. Epstein-Barr virus and malaria are two infections that can each be...

28 May, 2015

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases: 3.5 million extra untreated cases of malaria

As many as 10900 extra malaria deaths may have occurred in 2014 due to the disruption of healthcare services in the three countries in west Africa currently experiencing widespread Ebola virus outbreaks (Guinea, Sierra...

24 April, 2015

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Hopes over ‘partially effective’ malaria vaccine

Developers of the vaccine are trying to get it universally approved because it could help protect millions of young children. The world’s first malaria vaccine is only partially effective but could shield millions...

24 April, 2015

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Irish scientists develop improved malaria vaccine

Scientists at University College Cork in Ireland have successfully finished pre-clinical testing of an experimental vaccine against malaria delivered through the skin. The method is an improvement on this type of...

12 September, 2014

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