Scientists Take a Major Step in Understanding How to Stop the Transmission of Malaria Oct. 1, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates their cell ...

Every year around 600,000 people all over the world die from mosquito-borne malaria, among which majority are children under 5. Now, a disturbing news has emerged that the parasite responsible for the ...

Now, there's troubling news that the malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug most often used to try and save these young lives. Advertisement "This is the first ...

These were all children who had received complete intravenous and then oral treatment for severe malaria, and all had cleared the parasite by microscopic examination. John said these findings ...

"It works like magic," says Namazzi. "Parasite clearance was very fast [compared to other malaria medications]. It had less complications. The mortality was lower." But lately, that magic hasn't ...

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Malaria parasites detoxify free heme molecules released from digested host hemoglobins by biomineralizing them into inert hemozoin. Thus, why malaria parasites retain PfHO, a dead enzyme that loses ...

11 out of 100 children infected by malaria parasites carrying genetic mutations showed partial artemisinin resistance. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), where the bacteria, viruses, fungi and ...

With 125 million women at risk of malaria in pregnancy every year, better diagnostic tools are needed for timely identification ... to sequestration or low-level parasite burdens, complicating ...

This study reveals that the malaria parasite protein PfHO, although lacking typical heme oxygenase activity ... then imaged on an Axio Imager M1 epifluorescence microscope (Carl Zeiss Microimaging Inc ...

A new study has found signs that malaria parasites in Africa are becoming resistant to artemisinin, a critical drug used to treat severe malaria in children. This is the first time such resistance has ...