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Scientists Identify Potential Malaria Drug Candidates
On another front, researchers in California have discovered a group of chemical compounds that might one day be developed into drugs that can treat malaria infection in both the liver and the bloodstream. This story on the website Science Daily provides details and some interesting background explanations on how Malaria attacks, and strategies against it: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/...3A+Latest+Science+News%29 |
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Falconet
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It was discovered by the scripps research institute which is where GFAM and FAAH at located at.
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How Sickle Cell Mutation Mutes Malaria
----------------------------------------The malaria parasite improperly and sparsely places its "sticky knobs" in sickle cells -- these "sticky knobs" allow the parasite to hijack transport machinery inside red blood cells. Now scientists know why -- See http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i46/Sickle-Cell-Mutation-Mutes-Malaria.html  In computer renderings of electron microscope data, a normal blood cell with malaria (left) contains an actin network (gold) to ferry vesicles (turquoise) and adhesive proteins (red) to the cell membrane (blue). Malaria-infected cells with the sickle trait (right) have a disrupted network. Credit: Image courtesy of Science/AAAS [Edit 1 times, last edit by littlepeaks at Nov 19, 2011 10:31:49 PM] |
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littlepeaks
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(U.S. Army) dropping anti-malaria drug
"Mefloquine is a zombie drug. It's dangerous, and it should have been killed off years ago," said Dr. Remington Nevin, an epidemiologist and Army major who has published research that he said showed the drug can be potentially toxic to the brain. He believes the drop in prescriptions is a tacit acknowledgement of the drug's serious problems. Click here to view article. |
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We may be at the verge (a decade) to win the battle against this parasite.
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here we come
Combating humanity’s old enemy In a cramped London laboratory filled with test tubes, bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus. .. |
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Hypernova said:
We may be at the verge (a decade) to win the battle against this parasite. Very exciting times Now, what we need to do is turn the parasite against mosquitoes, so that THEY die when infected. |
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Scientists engineer mosquito immune system to fight malaria
The website MedicalXpress reports: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have demonstrated that the Anopheles mosquito's innate immune system could be genetically engineered to block the transmission of malaria-causing parasites to humans. In addition, they showed that the genetic modification had limited impact on the mosquito's fitness under laboratory conditions. The researchers' findings are published December 22nd in the Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-mosquito-immune-malaria.html |
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