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Creating Sperm-less Mosquitoes Will Prevent Malaria
Scientists working on eradicating malaria have often focused on the malaria-carrying mosquito, creating solutions ranging from genetic modification to malaria-attacking fungi. The latest is a...
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An effective malaria vaccine may be near
There are many treatments and medications against malaria, but there is still not a fully effective vaccine against the disease. In 2010, according to the World Health Organization, 655,000 people died...
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Malaria Deaths Highly Underestimated
Malaria may kill twice as many people worldwide than previously estimated, a new study reports. Researchers of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHMA)...
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Why Mosquitoes Bite Specific People
Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon-dioxide and body odors. Are you the one that always seems to be the sweet target of mosquito terror? Do you wake up from a night out camping to find your ankles and...
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Sloth Fur May Help Scientists Make Our Next Health Pill
Fungal extracts from sloth fur show activity against human diseases. When it comes to medicines, humans have been tapping the biological riches of the natural world for millennia. Herbal remedies are...
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Africa vs Malaria: The Tables Are Turning
Wide-ranging analysis shows a decreased transmission intensity in the last decade Malaria is a devastating and lethal tropical disease that currently affects around 200 million people worldwide,...
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4 Reasons Why Garlic Truly IS Awesome
Now it’s been proven, scientifically. 1. It is more effective than antibiotics, and it works in a fraction of the time. In 2012 an article was published in the Journal of Antibicrobial...
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Historic Accidental Finding Now Produced Promising Malaria Vaccine
From killing 19th century chickens to protecting today’s humans. In the late 19th century, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) – a French microbiologist – performed experiments that changed the world of vaccines...
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Crucial gene for Malaria Transmission
How can malaria be exterminated? This is a vital question, because 200 million people worldwide are currently affected by this deadly disease. Unfortunately, answering this big question was a bridge...
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Blocking Key Gene To Stop Malaria Transmission
This is an extended version of a shorter news article about the possibilities of a crucial gene for malaria transmission that Pieter published earlier this week. A decade ago, hundreds of scientists...
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