New approach to malaria vaccine effective in mice
A new vaccine against the main toxin produced by malaria parasites can alleviate some of the most dangerous...ent of the world's population. New drugs to combat malaria are in great demand because the parasites that spread the disease are rapidly becoming resistant to ...Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Secretariat to move to Sweden
...emic regions. Over 75 percent of those who die of malaria are African children under the age of 5. Over 1.5...strategies are developed, death and illness due to malaria will increase, and the disease will continue to be a substantial barrier to the economic and social ...Gene may protect abused kids against behavior problems
...avior. "There are known genes that protect against malaria and other parasites," says Moffitt. "We wanted to know if a particular MAO A genotype could protect maltreated children against antisocial behavior." The research group, led by UW-Madison psychology professor Avshalom Caspi, studied 442 males living...Genetic studies shed light on the malaria parasite's origins and drug resistance
...es of Health (NIH) report mining the genome of the malaria parasite has uncovered new data showing the parasi...of the disease each year. The number of cases of malaria worldwide is increasing, mainly because of the evolution of drug-resistant parasites. Debate regard...Warmer world will be a sicker world, say scientists
...for a few marine ecologists,nor just a question of malaria for a few health officials - the number ofsimilar ...s. With the mosquitoes has come the spread ofavian malaria to native bird populations. "Today there are no native birdsbelow 4,500 feet," says Andrew Dobson. N...Mosquitoes repelled by tomato-based substance
... of other diseases like malaria outside the United States, people need the personal protection of insect repellents. And what about the nuisance factor of mosquitoes, ticks and flies?" ...Science editor explores the role of environmental change on global security
... studies predicting that climate change will cause malaria and other pathogens to spread across the globe. Cases of malaria have been recently documented at higher elevations in Central Africa, where warmer temperatures and ...Protozoan chosen for genome sequencing
...ng informing the biology of the causative agent of malaria and other related protist pathogens of great medical or agricultural significance. Orias, who is the coordinator of the International Tetrahymena Genome Project, will collaborate in the analysis of the genome sequence and will facilitate the exchange...People linked to new sea otter diseases
...to the new pathogen. For instance, introduced bird malaria has decimated many Hawaiian song birds that used to be common. "Many of these wildlife diseases are viewed as emerging, particularly as we introduce species around the globe and as our domestic plants and animals encroach on natural habitat," says La...'Nature' report: Researchers genetically alter mosquitoes to impair malaria transmission
...ly altered mosquitoes that prevent the passage of malaria from one individual to the next. The paper is titl...nds of types of mosquitoes, but very few carry the malaria parasite, and only the genus, anopheles, transmits malaria among mammals. Mosquitoes are the obligat...NHGRI prioritizes model organisms for sequencing
...m some of the diseases that strike humans, such as malaria and AIDS," said Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Washington University School of Medicine sequencing center. "If we see genetic variants in the human population that we don't see in chimp, then we'll know that the genetic change occu...Protein research illustrates how drugs fight malaria, other diseases
Parasite-caused diseases such as malaria kill millions of people each year, and eradication...rom the study of the human genome, and work on the malaria genome is expected to be finished this year, allowing for the first time a direct search for metabol......a purpose act as a CTL promoting adjuvant against malaria when used in conjunction with Plasmodium vaccines....e immunity. By co-injecting a-GalCer with various malaria vaccines, such as irradiated sporozoites and recombinant adenoviruses, Tsuji and colleagues were abl...Dartmouth researchers expose weakness of common parasite
...ts, and Plasmodium falciparum, a cause of virulent malaria that kills more than 2 million children world-wide each year. Fox and Bzik have devised a mutant T. gondii strain that causes no disease and, more importantly, provides protection against the normal parasite. "Because of the extraordinary ability of ...Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins invest $10 million to combat major human diseases
...l cellular responses to viruses, collect data from malaria outbreak sites in cooperation with local medical centers, and develop gene chips to assess virulence factors of pathogens. The second phase will involve computational analysis to understand mechanisms of disease resistance and the development of new ...Study links El Nio to deadly South American disease
...itted to humans by the bite of sand flies, much as malaria is by mosquitoes," Laughlin said. "Since the acute disease is fatal in 40 percent of cases if left untreated, it is important to identify the factors that encourage its spread." The group studied two regions of Peru known as Caraz and Cusco. While th...Common variation of 'klotho' gene associated with human life expectancy
... sickle cell gene only benefits life expectancy if malaria is a significant health problem." Despite its association with longevity, klotho is not functionally related to genes that create accelerated aging diseases in humans, says Dietz. Instead, the klotho protein seems to belong to a family of enzymes th...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
...t animals such as the rat, mouse, zebrafish, and a malaria mosquito are in the works. Sizzling Superconductors: In 2001, superconductors were hot--well, hotter than expected, at least. The promise of resistance-free electricity transmission suggested by superconductor technology competes with the cold real...Scientists milk animals for malaria vaccine
In their quest to mass-produce an effective malaria vaccine, scientists might one day replace expensiv... developed mice that could secrete an experimental malaria vaccine into their milk. When the purified candidate vaccine was injected into monkeys, it protecte...Iron supplements help African children learn to walk and talk
...recursor of hemoglobin), as well as the numbers of malaria parasites. Before and after the intervention, the numbers of helminth eggs were determined from the children's fecal samples. Iron supplementation. Younger children benefitted most from iron. Iron supplementation significantly improved iron status in...