Scientists believe they are closer to being able to change the DNA of wild mosquitoes in order to combat malaria.
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Canadians Make Malaria Breakthrough
Lana Haight, Postmedia News SASKATOON — Scientists in Saskatoon have developed an inexpensive malaria treatment that will help the million people who die every year from the infection. “This is the most important drug in the treatment of malaria today. The World Health Organization says it should be the first line of defence,” said Patrick… Continue reading Canadians Make Malaria Breakthrough
Do Not Tax Anti-Malaria Medicines and Products
Malaria advocacy group, Malaria Taxes and Tariffs Advocacy Project (M-TAP), is insisting that governments drop all taxes and tariffs on medicines, mosquito nets and other anti-malaria tools in order to bring down the costs of the products and facilitate their delivery to the people who need it. M-TAP says only six countries worldwide have completely… Continue reading Do Not Tax Anti-Malaria Medicines and Products
Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells
Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), achieved this long-held aim using a combination of electron, light and super… Continue reading Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells