News articles tagged with 'malaria'
High dose of oxygen enhances natural cancer treatment
— 6 Apr 2011 18:37 | HealthA technique Michael Jackson reportedly used to prolong his youth is showing promise as a way to boost the effectiveness of a natural cancer remedy…
Insight into parasite family planning could help target malaria
— 17 Mar 2011 17:34 | HealthFresh insight into the way the parasite that causes malaria reproduces could lead to new treatments to help curb the spread of the disease…
Malaria drug slows pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models
— 16 Mar 2011 13:10 | HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumours in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria…
Newer antimalarials more effective than quinine against severe malaria
— 16 Mar 2011 12:54 | HealthQuinine should no longer be the drug of choice for treating severe malaria, according to an updated systematic review by Cochrane researchers. It is now evident that the antimalarial…
Natural compounds: The future of anti-malarial treatment
— 15 Mar 2011 19:23 | HealthIn the run up to World Malaria Day on the 25th April 2011, BioMed Central's open access journal Malaria Journal takes a long hard look at the development of natural compounds for use…
Malaria's weakest link
— 9 Mar 2011 19:14 | HealthA group of researchers from EPFL's Global Health Institute (GHI) and Inserm (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, the French government agency for biomedical research)…
Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes
— 26 Feb 2011 18:12 | HealthSpraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially reducing malaria transmission to…
New study shows ability of transgenic fungi to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases
— 26 Feb 2011 16:57 | HealthNew findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial…
Antifungal compound found on tropical seaweed has promising antimalarial properties
— 21 Feb 2011 17:21 | HealthA group of chemical compounds used by a species of tropical seaweed to ward off fungus attacks may have promising antimalarial properties for humans. The compounds are part of a unique…
Floating spores kill malaria mosquito larvae
— 21 Feb 2011 17:09 | HealthThere are over 200 million cases of malaria each year and, according to the World Health Organisation, in 2009 malaria was responsible for 781,000 deaths worldwide. Malaria is spread…