malaria

University of Texas at El Paso scientists Colince Kamdem, Ph.D., left, and Caroline Fouet, Ph.D., have found that adding small quantities of liquid soap to some classes of pesticides can boost their potency by more than ten-fold. Credit: The University of Texas at El Paso
Using soap to fight malaria
Using a beam of harmless infrared light and an algorithm to detect malaria
Engineered mosquitoes can prevent transmission of malaria to humans
Finally: A malaria vaccine that really works
Diagrammatic representation of the target of the antimalarial compound ML901 (coloured structure), showing highly specific and potent inhibition of the malaria parasite. ML901 finds a particular chink in an enzyme called tyrosine tRNA synthetase (depicted in pink), part of the machinery that the malaria parasite uses to generate the proteins needed to reproduce itself. The parasite rapidly grinds to a halt and can’t cause disease or be transmitted to other people via mosquitoes (purple). Image: Leann Tilley and Riley Metcalfe
A new weapon against drug-resistant malaria: This parasite will self-destruct
A broad-spectrum malaria vaccine that can be freeze-dried and easily shipped
A malaria treatment is shown to be 100% effective in just 3 days in a Phase 2 trial
Testing a new strategy to eliminate malaria: Simple genetic modification
Blocking malaria transmission in mosquitoes
Use of preventive antimalarial treatments reduces by half the number of malaria infections among schoolchildren
A new 3D crystal form of an existing insecticide is up to 12 times more effective against mosquitoes
Could a new compound from clams be the solution to a group of parasites responsible for some of the world’s most common infections?
A new mosquito control uses a volcanic glass spray
Predict the global spread of dengue with a new tool
Closing in on a vaccine that’s effective against the most severe forms of malaria