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Anti-malaria drug produced from tobacco plants

Researchers have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce the anti-malaria drug, Artemisinin...

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Kenya plans fighting diseases with mobile phones

Researchers in Kenya are advocating use of mobile phones to enable people seek timely help against d...

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Text messages can improve malaria care

Researchers have indicated that sending text messages to health workers about malaria treatments cou...

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Smelly feet used as a trap for mosquitoes?

The scientists first came up with the idea after seeing how mosquitoes were drawn to smelly socks. ...

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New malaria vaccine set to enter human trials

A malaria vaccine that will protect against all known strains of the deadly parasite will embark on ...

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Reddy orders long-term plan for malaria prevention

Andhra CM Reddy asks district administration to prepare a long-term plan for prevention of malaria i...

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`Take steps to check water borne diseases`

Karnataka has reported 664 cases of malaria so far this year as against 7674 cases & 11 deaths in 20...

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New ‘powerful’ vaccination strategy fights malaria

The new approach works by eliciting an immune response that can combat the malarial parasite during ...

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Scientists envisage vaccines for malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS by 2020

Scientists envisage that by 2020 there would be vaccines for malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS.

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A bug that nips malaria in the bud

Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a bug that nips malaria in the bud.

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Research project for developing anti-malaria drug

Malaria is a common infectious disease with an estimated mortality of 1.5 to 2.7 mn people every yea...

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`HIV drugs can also kill malaria parasites`

A particular protein called Ddi 1 from Leishmania parasites is sensitive to anti-HIV inhibitors.

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Soon, genetically modified mosquitoes to curb malaria

Genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria developed.

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How sickle haemoglobin protects against malaria

A study has unravelled the molecular mechanism whereby sickle cell haemoglobin confers a survival ad...

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Cabinet approves Rs 417 crore for malaria control in northeast

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday approved an intensified malaria control pr...

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Genetically modified fungus could fight malaria

Scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus.

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Govt to provide medicated mosquito nets

678 people died due to malaria and 104 due to dengue across the country last year.

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Trees cocooned by spiders could cut malaria risk

It has been reported that mosquitoes are being trapped in trees cocooned with spiders’ webs, reducin...

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Malaria drug ‘may slow pancreatic cancer growth’

Scientists say they have slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumors in mice.

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`Global deaths from AIDS, malaria, diarrhea declining`

Scientists are making headway in fighting diseases such as AIDS, malaria and diarrhea.

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New way found to kill malaria parasite

A class of chemotherapy drugs also kills the parasite that causes malaria.

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`Synthetic vaccine may help combat malaria, HIV-AIDS`

Scientists have developed a new type of nanoparticle which they say can treat malaria and HIV-AIDS.

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Engineered fungus to be a potent tool against malaria

Spraying mosquitoes with the transgenic fungus significantly reduced parasite development.

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Transgenic fungi may help fight malaria: Study

Researchers created their transgenic anti-malarial fungus by starting with Metarhizium anisopliae.

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Malaria biggest enemy of Indian border guards in northeast

Malaria poses a bigger threat than insurgents and smugglers to Border Security Force (BSF) men poste...

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Seaweed defense offers clues against malaria

Callophycus serratus seemed particularly adept at fighting off microbial infections, said the study.

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Turning mosquito bites into anti-malarial shots

Researchers could be turning the mosquito bite into a tool to wipe out the deadly disease malaria.

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Malaria drug may help treat dementia

Frontotemporal dementia is caused by breakdown of nerve cells in frontal and temporal region of brai...

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Malaria parasite caught invading red blood cells

Scientists have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells.

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Vaccine slashes malaria risk by half

The latest study indicates that the jab reduces the risk of malaria infection by 46% over 15 mths.

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Lancet report on malaria ridiculous: Orissa

The Orissa govt today termed Lancet`s report on malaria deaths in the state as "ridiculous".

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Anti-malaria drive saving lives: WHO

A growth in efforts to curtail malaria is saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year, says WHO.

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Malaria can be wiped out in a decade

The deadliest type of malaria could be wiped out in most parts of the world in 10 to 15 years.

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Malaria to strike J&K by 2030

Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir will for the first time come in the grip of malaria by 2030.

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Cerebral malaria linked to epilepsy

Almost a third of cerebral malaria survivors developed epilepsy or other behavioral disorders.

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Malaria drug could save 100,000 child lives a year

Replacing quinine by artesunate for the treatment of malaria can save life of 100,000 children a yea...

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Eliminating malaria impossible without vaccine

Experts call for malaria to be eliminated, but say without a vaccine, it may be impossible.

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India, Canada join hands to tackle malaria

Researchers from India, Canada come together to form an international malaria research consortium.

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High-resolution microarray used to advance malaria research

Scientists used a high-density SNP array for the malaria vector mosquito to reveal new insights into...

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`Malaria mosquitoes evolving into new species`

In a startling discovery that has implications for combating malaria, scientists have found that t...

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New findings may hold key to malaria vaccines

Out of the 72 molecular switches of the malaria parasite, over a third of these switches can be disr...

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India`s malaria deaths 13 times more than WHO estimate

Malaria claims more than 200,000 lives in India every year, a new study has claimed.

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Malaria mortality rate underestimated in India

The number of deaths from vector-borne disease malaria in India has been vastly underestimated.

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New gene study paves way for more anti-malaria treatments

Scientists have discovered genes that are capable of making some malaria-carrying mosquitoes resista...

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Malaria funding still less than half of needs: Study

Funding for malaria has risen sharply but still has to double to meet needs.

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`Malaria funding still less than half of needs`

Global financing has risen by 166 percent since 2007, from 730 mn dollars to around 1.94 bn dollars.

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Malaria parasite’s new pathway found

This new research reveals an alternative pathway used by the parasite to enter red blood cells.

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Gorillas transmitted malaria to humans

A new research reveals Gorillas first transmitted malaria parasite to humans thousands of years ago.

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Global anti-malaria fight still fragile: Report

The global fight against malaria is saving more and more lives, especially among children in Afric...

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Key Naxal leader may have succumbed to Malaria

A key Naxal leader, who had been hiding in Bastar forests in Chhattisgarh, is believed to have suc...

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