Scientists herald malaria breakthrough
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After 50 years of failure, a vaccine against malaria could be in sight, raising hopes of slashing the death toll from a disease that kills more than a million people, mostly babies and pregnant women, every year.
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A vaccine against malaria, which kills up to three million people a year, could be a reality by the end of the decade, scientists involved in one of the biggest clinical trials in Africa said yesterday.
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In a major medical breakthrough, researchers in the United Kingdom and United States have discovered why the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) has become resistant to chloroquine, one of the most ...
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If SARS comes back to haunt the world again, a team of Belgian scientists may have discovered a new weapon to use against it. Chloroquine, a drug used to fight malaria since World War II, has been found to
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The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world
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Scientists have tested in mice an experimental vaccine for malaria that does not provide immunity but aims to stamp it out in whole regions by eradicating the disease-causing parasite from mosquitoes that spread it.
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Scientists hail most significant advance in understanding of the disease for a decade which 'opens door to new research directions'.
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New genetic tests could help crack down on  illegal food or timber trade, fight malaria or even give clues  to how to stop bird strikes with planes, scientists said on  Friday.
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An experimental vaccine can slash the risk that children will get malaria, apparently offering the first effective inoculation against the deadly disease, researchers report.
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Sea cucumbers may provide a potential new way to block transmission of the malaria parasite, a study says.
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For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death.
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A pioneering vaccine can protect a  significant proportion of African children against malaria,  scientists said on Thursday, boosting hopes that the  mosquito-borne disease may one day be conquered.
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Scientists working in Kenya believe that malaria is helping the spread of Aids across Africa - and vice versa.
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Researchers are creating a global malaria map to tackle the killer disease by pinpointing the areas where it strikes most often.
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A new blood test that can identify malaria infections within 15 minutes won approval from U.S. health officials on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Times - After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria. Trials in Africa showed that the vaccine blocked almost half of new infections in young children and reduced serious disease by nearly 60%.
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Scientists say they have developed an effective vaccine against malaria that could be ready in six years.