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| Novartis And Collaborators Discover Novel Antimalarial Drug Candidate | Tue, 07 Sep 2010 |
| Novartis announced that scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), in collaboration with researchers from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a novel compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria... | |
| Researchers Identify Protein That Fights West Nile Virus | Mon, 06 Sep 2010 |
| Yale and McGill University scientists have identified a protein that is critical in fighting mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in mice. This finding could have therapeutic implications for controlling the potentially deadly virus in humans. The study appears in the Advance Online Publication of Nature Immunology... | |
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| Antimalarial Drug Diversion Study In Research And Reports In Tropical Medicine | Sun, 05 Sep 2010 |
| Study of antimalarial drug diversion published in Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine Background: Antimalarial medicine diversion has been seen across numerous African markets and can lead to serious stock-outs in the public sector, which can be dangerous to countries with high burdens of disease... | |
| Compound Cleared Malaria Parasites Quickly In Mice | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| A chemical that rid mice of malaria-causing parasites after a single oral dose may eventually become a new malaria drug if further tests in animals and people uphold the promise of early findings. The compound, NITD609, was developed by an international team of researchers including Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Ph.D... | |
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| Technique That Could Resolve The Problem Of Fake Medicines In Developing Countries | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Counterfeiting of drugs is a huge industry with an annual turnover of more than SEK 500 billion. In Africa the situation is extremely serious. Half of the malaria medication sold there could be ineffective or even harmful. Researchers from Lund and the UK have now developed a technique that could resolve the situation. In two years the researchers hope to have a prototype ready... | |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Sept. 1, 2010 | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Modified adenovirus malaria vaccine works a treat in mice Malaria kills more than 1 million individuals each year. Despite intensive research, there is still no malaria vaccine approved for use. A team of researchers, led by Moriya Tsuji, at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, has now designed a new vaccine that provides protection from malaria in mice... | |
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| Innovative Low Cost, High-Speed Filter Uses Electrified Nanostructures To Purify Water | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world. Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow on through with the water... | |
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| How Disease-Causing Parasite Gets Around Human Innate Immunity | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| Trypanosomes are parasites responsible for many human and animal diseases, primarily in tropical climates. One disease these parasites cause, African sleeping sickness, results from the bite of infected tsetse flies, putting over 60 million Africans at risk in 36 sub-Saharan countries... | |
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| Authorities Arrest More Than 80 People, Seize 10 Tons Of Counterfeit Meds In E. Africa | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Authorities have arrested more than 80 people and seized 10 tons of counterfeit medicines across six East African countries, the international police agency Interpol announced Thursday, United Press International reports (8/26). Interpol, together with a WHO unit, "targeted alleged networks of counterfeit drugs makers, traffickers and vendors," the Canadian Press reports (8/26)... | |
| Cameroon Rolls Out Emergency Cholera Plan As Region's Outbreak Continues | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Cameroon will need approximately $4.8 million for its emergency response to the cholera outbreak, which has killed nearly 300 people in the northern part of the country, Agence France-Presse reports. According to AFP, state radio reported yesterday that "the government's response to the outbreak will be rolled out in two phases... | |
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| Popular Insect Repellents Pack A Powerful '1-2' Punch | Sat, 28 Aug 2010 |
| Two new studies reveal that the commonly used insect repellents DEET and citronellal each work through a dual stimulation of insect sensory systems. The research findings, published by Cell Pres in the journals Neuron and Current Biology, enhance our understanding of how insects respond to repellents and may lead to the discovery of improved compounds for controlling insect-borne disease... | |
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| Primates Protected From Lethal Ebola And Marburg Viruses By Novel 'Antisense' Therapies | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg viruses. Furthermore, the animals were protected even when therapeutics were administered one hour after exposure - suggesting the approach holds promise for treating accidental infections in laboratory or hospital settings... | |
