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10,000-year-old disease that haunted Greeks and Chinese, weakened Civil War soldiers and caused 5% of 20th century deaths may finally have a weakness; Indian researchers find breakthrough- Did malaria, not poison, kill the Medici brothers? New DNA evidence answers a 400-year-old mystery
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- 'New malaria vaccine found 100 per cent effective'The Plasmodium falciparum parasite is responsible for most malaria infections and almost all deaths caused by the disease worldwide.16 Feb, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
- India among 4 nations that account for 81% deaths from p.vivaxThe report said in 2015, an estimated 212 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide a fall of 22 per cent since 2000 and of 14 per cent s...13 Dec, 2016, 09.29 PM IST
- New drug target for malaria identifiedResearchers identified the drug target while studying the way in which the parasites Toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis, and Pla...20 May, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
- New drug target for malaria identifiedMIT scientists have discovered a new drug target for treatment of the deadly malaria disease.20 May, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
- Viagra may prevent malaria transmissionThe anti-impotence drug Viagra helps eliminate malaria from the blood circulation which may reduce transmission of the deadly parasite from...11 May, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
- Drug-resistant malaria found near Indian borderThe spread of malaria parasites resistant to the drug artemisinin into India would pose a serious threat to the global control and eradicat...20 Feb, 2015, 04.41 PM IST
- New drug combo therapy may treat malaria in children'Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be considered for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in settings where multiple parasite sp...31 Dec, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
- Scientists develop new method to diagnose malariaThe new method, which uses magnetic fields to detect the parasite's waste products in the blood of infected patients, is fast, reliable and...01 Sep, 2014, 01.30 PM IST
- Cancer-fighting drugs might stop malaria earlyMalaria is caused by a single-celled parasite called Plasmodium that spreads from person to person through mosquito bites.26 Aug, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
- Cocktail of proteins can lead to better malaria vaccine: StudyThe study says that a cocktail of AMA1 proteins from only a few different strains can overcome major limitations of an earlier designed ver...27 Dec, 2013, 02.53 PM IST
- New finding could lead to better malaria treatmentThe team are working to design molecules that target NMT more potently, and hope to start clinical trials of potential treatments.23 Dec, 2013, 03.02 PM IST
- New drug target to fight malaria identifiedThe disease is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted to humans by the infectious bite of an Anopheles mosquito.28 Nov, 2013, 12.47 PM IST
- Ranbaxy gets CDSCO nod to sell malaria drug 'SynriamTM'"This approval makes SynriamTM one of the few therapies in the world that successfully treats both, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falcipa...21 Oct, 2013, 01.17 PM IST
- Lives of compassionGood friend and fellow columnist Vithal C Nadkarni informed us here a couple of days back how the Dalai Lama brought the house down during ...07 Dec, 2012, 05.45 AM IST
- India develops a synthetic anti-malaria drug as an alternative ArtemisininIndia has developed a powerful new malaria drug - an alternative to the global drug of choice Artemisinin - that promises to be a major boo...24 Apr, 2012, 09.27 AM IST
- Here's how Malaria-causing parasite evades immune systemResearchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia, have found the evasion tactics of the malaria causing pa...07 Dec, 2007, 04.10 PM IST
- IISc biochemists find effective anti-malarial agent: In a major breakthrough, biochemists of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have found that the anti-cancer drug and the inhibitor...24 Oct, 2006, 04.50 PM IST
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