There is an experiment with a vegetal, preventive
medicine against malaria.
«Artemisinin is currently the most important
medicine against malaria, a worldwide scourge,» says Raven.
Not exact matches
Luckily, though, there are next - generation
medicines currently in development that could be game - changers in the fight
against malaria.
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication
against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy
against malaria.
In recognition of its importance
against malaria, the discovery of artemisinin won Chinese scientist Ms Tu Youyou the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine earlier in October this year.
A new paper published in the journal Science Translational
Medicine describes the discovery and biological profiling of an exciting new anti-malarial clinical drug candidate, MMV390048, effective
against resistant strains of the
malaria parasite, and across the entire parasite lifecycle, with the potential to cure and protect in a single dose.
The results could be useful in guiding the future design of novel
medicines against multidrug - resistant tuberculosis,
malaria, diabetes and antibiotic - resistant bacteria.
BREASTFEEDING protects babies
against malaria, says Olakunle Kassim of Howard University College of
Medicine in Washington DC.
As the team reports today in Science Translational
Medicine, no one developed
malaria or suffered serious harm in this first phase of human tests, and the vaccine triggered antibodies
against the sporozoites.
Only one vaccine has been licensed, and neither it nor any others in development today will be 100 percent effective
against malaria infection, said lead researcher José A. Stoute, associate professor of
medicine and microbiology and immunology.
In the war
against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and
medicine on the brink of defeat.
In a study published in Nature
Medicine, a team of Scandinavian scientists explains the mechanisms behind the protection
against malaria that blood type O provides.
Myth: I'm taking homeopathic
medicines to protect
against malaria so I don't need to do anything else to protect myself Fact: There is no evidence that homeopathic or herbal medication will protect you from
malaria.