These objectives are at the heart of the PDNA, which was founded by a cadre of African
malaria research scientists who saw a need to coordinate their research.
Not exact matches
As part of their
research on
malaria, the
scientists had been collecting mosquitoes in a southeastern village called Bandafassi, where they were often bitten.
The
research was conducted by MalariaGEN, an international network of
scientists and clinicians spread across Africa, Asia and other
malaria - endemic regions of the world, largely funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Deleting a single gene from mosquitoes can make them highly resistant to the
malaria parasite and thus much less likely to transmit the parasite to humans, according to a new paper from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Ins
malaria parasite and thus much less likely to transmit the parasite to humans, according to a new paper from
scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's
Malaria Research Ins
Malaria Research Institute.
Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease
Research recently uncovered a critical piece in the puzzle of how
malaria parasites infect their host.
With the continuing rise of resistance the
research, published in the journal Genome Biology, is key as
scientists say that this knowledge could help improve
malaria control strategies.
The six students and their science teacher worked under the guidance of the University of Sydney and members of the Open Source
Malaria consortium, which allows
scientists to share
research on anti-
malaria drugs.
So
scientists from the University of Oxford based at the Kenyan Medical
Research Institute in Nairobi set about drafting a map of the extent of Plasmodium falciparum, the mosquito - borne parasite that causes
malaria.
Australian
scientists have made a significant discovery that could lead to a simple and quick «breath test» for
malaria Researchers at CSIRO, QIMR Berghofer Medical
Research Institute and th... Read more
The
research was done by MalariaGEN, an international network of
scientists and clinicians spread across Africa, Asia and other
malaria - endemic regions of the world, which is funded primarily by the Wellcome Trust.
Also,
scientists at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner
Research Institute, United States, have discovered that the parasite that causes the most common form of
malaria share the same genetic variations — even when the organisms are separated across continents.
Scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical
Research Institute have developed a protein which completely cures mice of
malaria and protects them against re-infection.
Peter Agre, MD, professor and director of the Johns Hopkins
Malaria Research Institute, was among the
scientists and policymakers attending the March 9 signing of the Stem Cell Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity by President Barack Obama.
«But the lead author of the study... says that he is not convinced that it is just the changing climate... «It could be partly due to this chaotic rainfall, but personally I don't think it can explain such a dramatic decline in mosquitoes, to the extent we can say that the
malaria mosquitoes are almost eradicated in these communities... «What we should consider is that there may be a disease among the mosquitoes, a fungi or a virus, or they're may have been some environmental changes in the communities that have resulted in a drop in the number of mosquitoes»... The
research team also found anecdotal evidence that their discovery was not an isolated case... «Other
scientists are saying they can't test their drugs because there are no children left with
malaria.»»