News tagged with malaria antibodies

Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes malaria, an achievement that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women

Copenhagen University Hospital and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites are able to hide from the immune defences of expectant mothers, allowing the parasite to attack the placenta. The discovery ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Flying vaccinator': Can genetically engineered mosquitoes provide a new strategy against malaria?

Mosquitoes transmit infectious diseases to millions of people every year, including malaria for which there is no effective vaccine. New research published in Insect Molecular Biology reveals that mosquito genetic engine ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breakthrough by Danish scientists in preventing maternal malaria

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Astronaut food approach' to medical testing: Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in develop

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0