New sources of artemisinin for treating malaria.   "Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), are recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the most effective treatments currently available for malaria. Artemisinin is extracted from the plant Artemisia annua, yet its...

  Health institute infects malaria spreading mosquito with fungus   IFAKARA Health Institute (IHI) has embarked on research experiment of infecting mosquitoes with fungus with view to killing the insect and subsequently combat malaria disease. In an exclusive interview with the 'Daily...

How Mosquitoes Avoid Succumbing To Viruses They Transmit   "Mosquitoes are like Typhoid Mary. They can spread viruses which cause West Nile fever, dengue fever, or yellow fever without themselves getting sick. Scientists long thought that the mosquito didn't care whether it had a virus...

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GM mosquito 'could fight malaria'     "A genetically modified (GM) strain of malaria-resistant mosquito has been created that is better able to survive than disease-carrying insects".   To find out more see https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6468381.stm

Hopes of malaria vaccine by 2010   "An effective vaccine against malaria has been developed and could be licensed by 2010, scientists say. Many other candidate vaccines are in development, but experts say trial results of this one, published in the Lancet, are the most promising yet." More...