Mosquito saliva can affect your immune system up to a weeks
Guess what: one more reason to hate mosquitoes.
Tag: malaria
Malaria makes its hosts smell better to draw more mosquitoes, research finds
Sneaky, sneaky plasmodium.
Drug could make human blood deadly toxic to mosquitoes
A drug developed in the 1980s to fight parasites can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes when taken in a ...
Human-secreted malaria antibody could usher in an effective, long-term treatment
Not one day too soon!
CRISPR edit makes mosquitoes far less likely to pass malaria
This looks like a better alternative to wiping out mosquitoes at the population level.
Three African countries chosen for the 1st large-scale malaria vaccine pilot program
Hundreds of thousands of infants will be vaccinated against the mosquito-carried parasite.
Scientists engineer mosquitoes that could stop malaria spread
A mosquito with a gene that blocks the malaria parasite has been created in the laboratory, a new research reports.
We now have a malaria vaccine that is up to 100 percent effective
A lifelong dream may have come true. Half a million deaths every year could be averted thanks to this vaccine.
Need to ward off pesky mosquitoes? Sleep with a chicken over your head
Believe it or not, there's actual scientific proof backing this advice.
Paper strips worth 50 cents accurately diagnose both malaria and cancer
Chemists at the Ohio State University developed a paper strip technology that might save countless lives in rural Africa, and ...
Malaria protein that kills cancer to begin human trials in 2019
Scientists have in the past toyed with the idea of using a disease to fight cancer. Now, after identifying a ...
Malaria proteins kill 9 out of 10 cancer cells in mice trials
Researchers stumbled upon a new tool to fight cancer in a rather unexpected place; while searching for a vaccine against ...
2015 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine Awarded
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is split into three parts, being divided between William C. Campbell and ...
Drug-Resistant Malaria Could Pose Huge Global Threat
The ability to keep malaria under control is crucial - the disease is highly contagious and the potential health hazards ...
Drug candidate destroys Malaria in 48 hours
Malaria is one of the most common and dangerous diseases in the world, with the World Health Organization estimating over ...
Finally, a malaria vaccine may have been discovered
Reporting in PLOS Medicine, researchers found that for every 1000 children who received the vaccine, 800 malaria cases can be ...
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes manipulated only to breed males, thus wiping whole populations
The Anopheles gambiae is the prime transmitter of malaria. A new genetic method manipulates mosquito populations ...
A 3D view of the malaria sperm
Aside from being really cool and enabling wicked video game graphics, 3D imaging is also extremely useful in research, entering ...
World’s first malaria vaccine on course for 2015
It's actually happening Good news - encouraging results from the longest and largest trial of a malaria vaccine could see ...
Breakthroughs against malaria: highly effective vaccine developed; meanwhile, anti-malaria soap wins prize
Some 300 million cases of malaria are reported each year in Africa, the continent where the disease is still running ...