Drug 'could boost malaria fight'
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Scientists develop a synthetic version of a herb-based drug to treat malaria.
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Infusions of albumin, a blood   protein, could potentially save up to 80 percent of children   who otherwise die from malaria, researchers reported on Friday.
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By Anonymous  Tests in mice reveal that astemizole, a drug developed to treat allergies, kills the malaria parasite with high efficacy. Astemizole is already licensed for use in people, so it could be rapidly approved for use against malaria.
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A drug used to treat people infected  with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future  weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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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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There is progress toward a vaccine to prevent malaria. Researchers have been testing an experimental vaccine in Mozambique. This is what they have found: In a group of one thousand six hundred
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.
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The search to find an effective drug to fight malaria received a huge financial boost today with a donation of $42.6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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Encouraging phase II results of a trial to test the efficacy of a malaria vaccine for young children is published in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (pp 1380, 1411).
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A  discovery could lead to drugs to treat a 'forgotten' tropical disease, scientists hope.
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A United Nations-backed national anti-malaria campaign in Ethiopia today appealed for urgent funding to fill a shortfall of over 50 per cent in aid needed to combat a potential upsurge in the disease that could affect more than 6 million people within the
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For the first time, a vaccine in a clinical trial has convincingly shielded children in Africa from contracting malaria. Researchers hope the results will pave the way for routine jabs in countries stricken
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They have reported promising results from a test vaccine that could slash the death toll. 30 per cent and more than halved the risk of getting severe malaria, which can be fatal.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards developing an effective malaria vaccine, announcing in today&#39;s edition of the Lancet that a candidate vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline will protect a significant number of children.
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For the first time in medical history, scientists have developed a malaria vaccine that has shown promise in a large scale trial conducted in Mozambique.