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New Mechanism That Confers Tolerance To Malaria Now Revealed

Source: Medical News Today, Nov 16 2012, 4:26am CST

Main Category: Tropical Diseases Article Date: 16 Nov 2012 - 1:00 PST Malaria is a life-threatening condition that exposes approximately half of the world's population to the risk of developing a severe and often leth ...

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5 hours ago

Save the Amazon, Increase Malaria

Source: Smithsonian Magazine  |   May 23 2013, 9:03am CDT

Most people consider saving the Amazon rainforest a noble goal, but nothing comes without a cost. Cut down a rainforest, and the planet looses untold biodiversity along with ecosystem services like carbon dioxide absorption. Conserve that tract ...

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6 hours ago

Mosquito Behavior May Be Immune Response, Not Parasite Manipulation

Source: Check Orphan  |   May 23 2013, 7:47am CDT

Malaria-carrying mosquitos appear to be manipulated by the parasites they carry, but this manipulation may simply be part of the mosquitos' immune response, according to Penn State entomologists. "Normally, af ...

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2 days ago

Malaria parasite lures mosquitoes to human odour

Source: Eideard  |   May 21 2013, 9:51am CDT

All mosquitoes are attracted to human body odour, but the malaria parasite could be making the insects better at sniffing us out Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to human body odour than uninfected insects, a study ...

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2 days ago

Time for the Big Push to Defeat Malaria

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 21 2013, 9:42am CDT

Moments of historic greatness are rarely realized by a single actor. Instead, they require the work of partners, with a sense of shared responsibility and coordinated action. The Big Push to defeat malaria is no different. In the past 10 years ...

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2 days ago

Birds: The Downside

Source: 10,000 Birds  |   May 21 2013, 6:10am CDT

It is hard to think of too many downsides to birds, but there are some and here I’d like to mention one that we all know about but has been recently studied more closely. The results of this research paper appear in the Journal ...

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2 days ago

Malaria mosquitoes more attracted to humans: study

Source: The Hindu  |   May 21 2013, 2:35am CDT

Mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite are more attracted to human odours than uninfected ones, according to a study by a team of scientists. Reporting in the journal PLOS ONE, they said the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falci ...

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2 days ago

Malaria studies now being used to save lives

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 20 2013, 8:21pm CDT

Moving research results into actionTDR news item 8 May 2013A child dies from malaria every minute1, with nine out of every 10 malaria deaths worldwide occurring in Africa. Work is underway to eliminate malari ...

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2 days ago

US$100 chip may ease diagnosis of 15 tropical disease

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 20 2013, 8:01pm CDT

A multitasking microchip that can test blood samples for diseases including malaria and sleeping sickness has been launched in Singapore. This site has no copyright on the published material. All content belongs to the original publisher. Re- ...

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3 days ago

Infection Makes Mosquitoes Immune to Malaria Parasites

Source: National Institutes of Health  |   May 20 2013, 12:42pm CDT

Researchers established a bacterial infection in mosquitoes that helps fight the parasites that cause malaria. The infected insects could be a significant tool for malaria control. Wolbachia (green, indicated by white arrows ...

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3 days ago

Why We're Committed to Fight Against Malaria - Total

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 20 2013, 6:24am CDT

Lagos — Total Nigeria Plc, one of the nation's petroleum marketing companies has said malaria eradication is the prime of its corporate social responsibility initiatives in Nigeria. Its Managing Director, Francois Boussagol ...

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