Resistance to antimalarial atovaquone does not spread Atovaquone could be used more widely to treat malaria since resistance does not spread to subsequent generations of the malaria parasite.…
Anti-malarial drug mefloquine can be taken by pregnant women Researchers find no differences between infants exposed to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or mefloquine with regards to morbidity and mortality.…
Malaria resistant to both artemisinin and piperaquine identified in Cambodia Malaria that is resistant to both drugs contained in the combination dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine has been identified in patients in Cambodia for the first time, study reports.…
Malaria vaccine inefficiency explained by researchers Genetic variation in the parasite that causes malaria may explain why a vaccine developed against the disease has only moderate efficacy.…
Leishmania antigen discovery raises vaccine hopes Vaccination with an antigen from the Leishmania parasite, which is spread by sandflies, produced a robust immune response in mice and humans.…
Synthetic biology: microbes made to manufacture drugs From flu vaccines to a mission to Mars, scientists are engineering biological systems to meet the medical needs of the 21st century.…
Helminth infections: diagnosis and treatment Diagnosis and selection of appropriate drug treatments for common helminth infections.…
Nobel prize shared by scientists for parasitic disease drug discoveriesThe Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been split two ways and shared by three scientists for developing therapies for the treatment of parasitic disease.…
Video microscope to avert life-threatening serious adverse drug reactionA new smartphone-based microscope can help to identify the presence of one species of parasitic worm when a patient is being treated for another, to help prevent drug complications.…
Viagra-like drugs could play a role in blocking malaria transmission A new approach to blocking malaria transmission harnesses the deformability of gametocyte-infected erythrocytes.…
