Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just a tiny fraction of them. In an effort to define …read more Source:: Science
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Ultra-long acting pill offers new hope in eliminating malaria
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•Imagine swallowing a pill today that continues releasing the daily dose of a medicine you need for the next week, month or even longer. Investigators have developed a long-acting drug …read more Source:: Science
Diagnosing malaria with a cell phone
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•COLLEGE STATION, TX (Reuters) – New technology that transforms a cell phone into a mobile polarized microscope can diagnose malaria in a Rwandan village with the same level of accuracy …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Scientists create mosquito strain with malaria-blocking genes
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists aiming to take the bite out of malaria have produced a strain of mosquitoes carrying genes that block its transmission, with the idea that they could …read more Source:: UKScienceNews