News tagged with malaria agent

Sea sponge potential source of new medicines

The sea sponge has provided Flinders University researchers with inspiration for the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases and cancers.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How the parasite responsible for severe forms of malaria can resist a major antimalarial agent

French esearchers from CNRS, INSERM and Toulouse University Hospital have demonstrated how the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes severe forms of malaria, is able to circumvent the action of artemisinin ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New malaria agent found in chimpanzees close to that commonly observed in humans

Researchers based in Gabon and France report the discovery of a new malaria agent infecting chimpanzees in Central Africa. This new species, named Plasmodium gaboni, is a close relative of the most virulent human agent P. fa ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0