Sea cucumber 'new malaria weapon'
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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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The discovery of florescent proteins in corals and sea anemones has provided new tools to researchers studying AIDS, cancer, and other diseases.
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A new treatment for the age-old scourge of cholera and perhaps a whole new type of antibiotic medicine may emerge from chemicals discovered in an Australian seaweed, new research results suggest.
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Tanzania to fight malaria with DDT    DAR ES SALAAM, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has opted for indoor residual spraying of a restricted chemical to beef up its strife against the killer disease of malaria in the country.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers  present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in  Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually  originated in southeast Asia.
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Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs has succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization is reporting today.
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning today to head off a looming threat that one specialist says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria.
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The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.
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PLANS to fight a disease threatening more than 2000 salmon fishing jobs were unveiled last week.  The parasite Gyrodactylus Salaris affects Atlantic salmon and has devastated stocks in Scandinavia. To date, no cases have been found in Scotland.
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LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) - Malaria is billed as top priority in a new health   initiative being launched in Africa this week.
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NEW YORK - In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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Targeting a key protein may help overcome the malaria parasite's increasing resistance to existing drugs, UK researchers say.
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A new test could help scientists determine more quickly whether chinook salmon in the Klamath River are infected with a potentially deadly parasite.
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Scientists develop a synthetic version of a herb-based drug to treat malaria.
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Researchers claim to have  found a way to make MRSA vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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Early tests of a potential vaccine for malaria show it offers a high level of protection.