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Scientists design new drug compound to stop malaria in its tracks
Updated : 3 hours, 27 min ago IST
London [UK], May 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound that effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential first o
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Aubameyang is completely fine and wants to be back as soon as poss
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], April 16 (ANI): Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said that captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is completely fine after the striker contracted malaria and spent a few days in the hospital.
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Study suggests simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published today in eLife.
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Bengal will not get rid of malaria, dengue until Didi leaves: Amit
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Jhargram (West Bengal) [India], March 25 (ANI): Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Trinamool chief is friends with "dengue and malaria" and the state will not be rid of the diseases until she leaves.
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Chhattisgarh records 4.04 points dip in Annual Parasite Incidence
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 18 (ANI): In the last five years, Chhattisgarh has recorded a decline of 4.04 points in the Annual Parasite Incidence (API), according to data released by the state government.
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Study indicates malaria risk can be accelerated by multiple mosqui
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 3 (ANI): A recent research by Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health revealed that multiple blood meals by mosquitoes increase malaria transmission potential and shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites.
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Multiple mosquito blood meals can expedite risk of malaria, study
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 2 (ANI): A study lead by a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health claimed that multiple bouts of blood-feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmissio
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New mutations in malaria parasite encourage resistance against key
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): In the ongoing arms race between humans and the parasite that causes malaria, researchers report that new mutations that enhance resistance to a drug used to prevent malaria in pregnant women and children are already common in countries fighting the disease.
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New genus of malaria 'plasmodium oval' detected in Kerala
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 10 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Thursday informed that a new genus of malaria called 'plasmodium oval' has been detected in the state.
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World Malaria Report 2020: India continues to make impressive gai
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 2 (ANI): India continues to make impressive gains in the reduction of Malaria as per the World Malaria Report 2020 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday.
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Bharat Biotech to manufacture 10 types of vaccines, including COVI
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 7 (ANI): Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) is going to manufacture ten types of vaccines including malaria and the novel coronavirus in its upcoming unit here, Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Krishna Ella said while attending a virtual meeti
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Malaria parasites adapt to survive dry season, suggests study
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
England [UK], October 30 (ANI): The main malaria parasite evolves itself to remain unnoticed in the human bloodstream, according to recent research.
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