Latest Malaria Stories

New research, presented this morning at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), has identified important associations between Plasmodium falciparum  (Pf) malaria and endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL) that may help researchers identify young children who are more susceptible to eBL. Unlike previous studies in which malaria infection alone was considered the important factor, this study approached the evolving complexity and heterogeneity of the humoral immune...

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University researchers discover how the deadly malaria parasite evades the immune system and make progress toward developing a cure More than a million people die each year of malaria caused by different strains of the Plasmodium parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. The medical world has yet to find an effective vaccine against the deadly parasite, which mainly affects pregnant women and children under the age of five. By figuring out...

A combination of anti-HIV drugs has been found to also reduce the risk of recurrent malaria by nearly half among HIV-positive children, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The combination of protease inhibitors lopinavir and ritonavir contributed to an overall reduction of 40 percent in the rate of malaria among a group of HIV-positive infants and children up to 6 years old in Uganda who were also being treated with anti-malarial drugs. This...

GENEVA, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today appointed as its new Executive Director Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, a former United States Global AIDS Coordinator. Dr. Dybul is widely recognized as a visionary leader on global health for his role in helping create and then lead the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, which has been highly effective in helping limit and reverse the growth of...

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Transforming the World Through Comedy (TWTComedy) announced its partnership with nonprofit Malaria No More for its 2(nd) annual global interactive 24 hour live streamed stand-up comedy event. The 2013 digital telethon will take place on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The live stand up shows will broadcast in real time on www.youtube.com/TWTComedy from seven global cities: Sydney, Australia (The Comedy Store), Singapore, London, Toronto...

In malaria-endemic countries, 350 million people are predicted to be deficient in an enzyme that means they can suffer severe complications from taking primaquine, a key drug for treating relapsing malaria, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and published in this week's PLOS Medicine. This finding is important as primaquine is recommended in the global action plan to eliminate malaria and is the only drug to prevent malaria relapse. The benefits of implementing a treatment...

Speaking at ASTMH Annual Meeting, researchers say breakthrough could make it much easier to evaluate new drugs and vaccines while also becoming a vaccine itself In a breakthrough that could accelerate malaria vaccine and drug development, scientists announced today that, for the first time ever, human volunteers were infected with malaria via a simple injection of cryopreserved sterile parasites that were harvested from the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes in compliance with...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) announced today that data were presented on GenVec's malaria vaccine program at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 61st Annual Meeting, which took take place in Atlanta, Georgia on November 11-15, 2012. Data presented at the conference highlighted GenVec's success in identifying novel antigens for use in its malarial vaccine development program. Using a proprietary...

Leading Natural Soap Brand Offers Limited Edition Soap in Exchange for Donations to Fight Malaria in Eastern Ghana where Palm Oil for Dr. Bronner's Soap is Produced ESCONDIDO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the family owned, top selling natural brand of soap in North America, will reveal a new animated educational video entitled "Dr. Bronner's Fair Trade Palm Oil: Animated" about their fair trade palm oil project in Asuom, Ghana....