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New vaccine approach imprisons malaria parasite in blood cells

Scientists seeking a vaccine against malaria, which kills a child every minute in Africa, have developed a promising new approach intended to imprison the disease-causing parasites inside the red blood cells they infect...

28 May, 2014

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Robot may help fight malaria

Most people kill a mosquito with a violent swat of the hand, but Yaroslav Tenzer is much more methodical — and tender. He needs the tiny pest’s body intact so he can harvest its salivary glands. Mosquito saliva is the...

12 May, 2014

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Researchers produce molecule to kill malaria without harming blood cells

A research team at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, published study results on Wednesday that revealed molecules toxic to Plasmodium falciparum but not human red blood cells, creating a way to combat malaria...

17 March, 2014

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Discovery may aid vaccine design for common form of malaria

A form of malaria common in India, Southeast Asia and South America attacks human red blood cells by clamping down on the cells with a pair of proteins, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St...

3 February, 2014

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E. Coli may offer cheap way to create a Malaria vaccine

Researchers have found a way to use E. coli bacteria to inexpensively manufacture a once hard-to-produce protein that is critical to the development of a malaria vaccine. Nirbhay Kumar, professor and chair of tropical...

24 January, 2014

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Building better Malaria vaccine possible through mixing right cocktail

The study, led by Sheetij Dutta, from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA, and colleagues, focused on a protein called AMA1 needed by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite to invade blood cells and cause...

5 January, 2014

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Scientists develop vaccine that can prevent Malaria

Oxford scientists have developed a novel new malaria vaccine which can protect against the deadly mosquito-borne disease. The vaccine has shown promising results in the first clinical trial to test whether it can...

2 December, 2013

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Malaria vaccine: India, Africa don’t get hopes up

As countries like India and Africa – hotbeds for malaria – await the world’s first vaccine against the disease, a leading expert said the results of clinical trials were “modestly...

29 October, 2013

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First malaria vaccine may be available soon

Promising results from a clinical trial mean that the world’s first malaria vaccine may be available by 2015 and could save hundreds of thousands of lives. Promising results from a large-scale clinical trial mean...

15 October, 2013

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Mosquito bites deliver potential new malaria vaccine

This study suggests that genetically engineered malaria parasites that are stunted through precise gene deletions (genetically attenuated parasites, or “GAP”) could be used as a vaccine that protects against...

18 September, 2013

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