A new discovery involving a malarial protein dubbed Plasmepsin V could pave way for development of a new class of antimalarial drugs, researchers have revealed. Scientists at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall…
Tag: Parasite
Hunt for malaria vaccine: Scientists discover new potential target
Despite the advances in science, we haven’t been able to create a vaccine against malaria – a mosquito-borne illness that kills as many as quarter of a million people annually. This is…
Mobile phone microscope measures blood levels of parasite Loa loa
Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have developed a mobile phone microscope…
Decoded: How malaria parasite protects itself against antimalarial medications
Researchers have finally decoded how the malaria parasite protects itself by building resistance against the last-line in antimalarial medications, a development that claim will enable them to come up with new medical…
Malaria-blocking immune response brings vaccine closer to reality
A bang-on malaria vaccine is yet to be developed, but a new discovery of how body’s immune system protects against malaria infection could likely pave the way for creation of a vaccine…