News tagged with antimalarials
Scientists characterize protein essential to survival of malaria parasite
A biology lab at Washington University has just cracked the structure and function of a protein that plays a key role in the life of a parasite that killed 655,000 people in 2010.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Scientists identify new class of antimalarial compounds
An international team led by scientists from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a family of chemical compounds that could lead ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Scientists find genetic basis for key parasite function in malaria
Snug inside a human red blood cell, the malaria parasite hides from the immune system and fuels its growth by digesting hemoglobin, the cell's main protein. The parasite, however, must obtain additional nutrients ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Newer antimalarials more effective than quinine against severe malaria
Quinine should no longer be the drug of choice for treating severe malaria, according to an updated systematic review by Cochrane researchers. It is now evident that the antimalarial drug artesunate, which is derived from ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Most effective malaria drug regimens highlighted in study
A study published today identifies the most effective drug combinations recommended for use as first-line treatments for malaria. The research also suggests that augmenting the treatments with a single dose ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Antimalarial drug artemisinin moves into production
(PhysOrg.com) -- A semi-synthetic version of the antimalarial drug artemisinin developed by UC Berkeley's Jay Keasling is moving out of development into full-scale production, helped along by a $10.7 million grant from the ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 12, 2010 |
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A new method for developing safer drugs
Amodiaquine was introduced as an antimalarial drug, but was withdrawn when serious adverse effects were observed. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a method that can be used to develop ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 10, 2010 |
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Discovery provides new drug targets for malaria cure
Researchers are a step closer to developing new antimalarial drugs after discovering the normal function of a set of proteins related to the malaria parasite protein, which causes resistance to the front-line drug chloroquine. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Up a little on the left... now, over to the right... Scientists find a source of nonallergic itch
Scratching below the surface of a troublesome sensation that's equal parts tingle-tickle-prickle, sensory scientists from Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular basis for nonallergic itch.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Continued vigilance against drug-resistance malaria is needed
Current combination malaria therapies recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) provide adequate treatment for mild malaria, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of the evidence. However, selected trials had ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects
Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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