Malaria

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Under the Microscope

Healing wounds with differential equations

Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases

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Using mathematics to treat malaria

Parasite resistance to anti-malaria drugs is a growing challenge, but by using mathematical models researchers can track different types of resistance to help agencies target effective treatments

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The new weapon against malaria’s drug resistance

Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds promise

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Killing the malaria parasite by blocking its recycling system

An international collaboration has developed a new drug candidate that stops the malaria parasite from breaking down waste, resulting in fatal ‘molecular constipation’ and hope for new treatments

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Immunity to COVID-19: Lessons from malaria

Advances in developing sophisticated immunity surveillance for malaria may put us in an excellent position to rapidly respond to COVID-19

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Double hit to malaria from new drug candidate

New antimalarial compounds target two essential molecules required for critical stages of the parasite’s life cycle, holding promise for overcoming the threat of drug resistance

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Preventing the spread of malaria

Scientists have discovered a new drug target to block the world’s deadliest malaria parasite from spreading

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What malaria can tell us about ‘switching off’ diseases like HIV

New research exploring our body’s inflammation response to malaria could open up new avenues for treating chronic viral infections and autoimmune diseases like HIV

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Using bacteria to control mosquitoes

The Wolbachia bacteria has successfully suppressed dengue-fever carrying mosquitoes in a trial, but more work is needed to understand how the insects move to infest new areas

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Using chemotherapy to fight malaria

Researchers have discovered that cancer treatments can help overcome growing resistance to a frontline antimalarial drug

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