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R21 anti-malaria vaccine is a game changer. The scientist who designed it reflects on 30 years of research, and its hopeful promises.
Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the ...
The Scientist1y
Malaria in profile
Malaria is perhaps the most important parasitic disease worldwide, is caused the protozoan Plasmodium—P. falciparum causes the severest form of the human disease—and is responsible for half a billion ...
The Scientist1y
A Protozoan Makes Bid To Move Into The Scientific Mainstream
In fact, thanks in part to a new diagnostic test that Sterling developed, the protozoan is being discovered in AIDS patients and in water supplies around the world. TUCSON, Ariz.--When tap water turns ...
The Hindu1mon
Understanding the challenges of malaria vaccination, as elimination becomes achievable
Malaria was believed to be caused by miasma ... and are relatively straightforward compared to parasites. Plasmodium is a protozoan parasite and eukaryotic organism with multiple stages of ...
National Geographic news9d
To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitoes—with human blood
Female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites between humans. This particular female glows green due to a diet containing fluorescein, which appears green under ultraviolet light ...
Nature3mon
Control of malaria
You have full access to this article via your institution. Several vaccines that target different stages of the malaria parasite life cycle are now in clinical trials (see the table). The most ...