In Myanmar, many Malaria patients have developed drug resistance to this mosquito-caused disease. UN health experts now warn that if health authorities fail to find a quick solution to this problem, Malaria could turn into a much worse epidemic than Ebola by affecting nearly 40 percent of the world’s population that now live in India and China – two of Myanmar’s neighbors. You don't see people … [Read more...]
World’s First Malaria Vaccine Submitted for EMA by Glaxo
It’s almost here! The world’s first malaria vaccine was submitted for European Medicines Agency (EMA) by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The company applied for regulatory approval of a malaria vaccine that is still experimental. This request is part of a process in which the European Medicines Agency evaluates a product that was made by an EU member state against a disease that the WHO recognizes as a … [Read more...]
Malaria vaccine Development based on blood protein raises hopes
A new vaccine for killer malaria is in the offing as the American scientists are carrying research on children in Tanzania to develop a drug that will make children immune to the mosquito bitten disease. Following analysis of blood samples of 1,000 Tanzanian toddlers, researchers at the Brown University's medical school found that six percent of those children produce an antibody that attacks … [Read more...]
Scientists to uncover new malaria vaccine based on blood protein
American researchers have discovered a new type of malaria vaccine based on proteins found in the blood of children that could help prevent multiplication of malaria parasites inside the body. The study published in the US journal Science on Thursday reported that PfSEA-1, the protein whose presence outgrowths the body's formation of antibodies and was associated to a reduced level of parasites … [Read more...]
