UCR researcher identifies mechanism malaria parasite uses to spread among red blood cells
February 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside Read more
Genomic warfare to counter malaria drug resistance
February 15, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca
514-343-7593
University of Montreal Read more
Breakthrough by Danish scientists in preventing maternal malaria
February 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Sandra Szivos
sasz@sund.ku.dk
453-532-6921
University of Copenhagen
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children. The protein known as VAR2CSA enables malaria parasites to accumulate in the placenta and can therefore potentially be used as the main component in a vaccine to trigger antibodies that protect pregnant women against malaria. The research team is now planning to test the efficacy of the protein-based vaccine on humans. The hope is that within 10 years all African girls could be vaccinated against maternal malaria, thereby preventing more than 200,000 deaths a year.
Research breakthrough could lead to new treatment for malaria
January 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: William Raillant-Clark
william.raillant-clark@mcgill.ca
514-398-2189
McGill University Read more
UCF professor’s vaccine could be lethal weapon against malaria, cholera
January 25, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala
zkotala@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-6120
University of Central Florida
Mankind may finally have a weapon to fight two of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Promising candidates for malaria vaccine revealed
January 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Penny Fannin
fannin@wehi.edu.au
61-393-452-345
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered a group of proteins that could form the basis of an effective vaccine against malaria.
New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial ‘mosquito net’
December 23, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Cathleen Genova
cgenova@cell.com
617-397-2802
Cell Press
Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, suggests that their strategy might do one better: The Wolbachia bacteria also makes the mosquitoes more resistant to infection by viruses that are a growing threat to humans, including those responsible for dengue fever and Chikungunya.
Scientists reveal malaria parasites’ tactics for outwitting our immune systems
November 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Craig Brierley
c.brierley@wellcome.ac.uk
44-207-611-7329
Wellcome Trust
Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host’s immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Advances in malaria research show promise
November 13, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Top scientists reveal the latest innovations in genetically modified mosquitoes, new diagnostic tests and mapping mosquito migrations
Baltimore, MD (November 12, 2009) In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting mosquito immunity to malaria, mapping mosquito migrations, and the promise of a rapid sputum test that could revolutionize the way malaria is tracked and tested for in rural areas, which are hotbeds for the disease.
New discovery clears path towards malaria ‘vaccine’
August 21, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Malaria kills anywhere from one to three million people around the world annually and affects the lives of up to 500 million more. Yet until now, scientists did not fully understand exactly how the process that caused the disease’s severe hallmark fevers began.
