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New findings could lead to better detection, treatment of chronic malaria
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 3 (ANI): Researchers have found that certain metabolic systems in the blood of people with chronic malaria change to support a long-term host-parasite relationship.
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Know how parasites cause sleeping sickness in people
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 30 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have discovered how parasites, which causes sleeping sickness, initiate a physical change in order to spread the disease.
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Soon, your pooch may help diagnose malaria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): According to a new study, dogs, also known as a man's best friend, could someday be a powerful tool in diagnosing malaria.
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Sniffing out malaria
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 15 (ANI): Turns out, an altered body odour can indicate a specific infection among humans.
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Understanding evolution of immune system
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 7 (ANI): New research aims to shed light on how immune systems can evolve resistance to parasites.
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Scientists find a headway in Antimalarial Drugs
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): A team of researchers has recently discovered new targets for drug development against life-threatening malaria parasite, which needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit after multiplying.
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Turning off this gene may affect sperm cell development
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 11 (ANI): A team of researchers has recently suggested that by turning off the gene - PNLDC1 - which controls sperm production may effectively silence spermatogenesis - process of sperm cell development - in mice.
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Carbohydrates may help to design better malaria vaccine
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 15 (ANI): Good news! Carbohydrates are not our enemy, especially when it comes to stopping the spread of malaria, suggests a study.
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Putrid camel pee could aid people with sleeping sickness: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 18 (ANI): According to a research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Biochemists have solved an old mystery as to the cause of especially smelly camel urine, with implications for the millions of people affected by African parasites c
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Multiple infections worsen malaria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 6 (ANI): A team of researchers discovered that infections with two types of malaria parasite lead to greater health risks as one species helps the other to thrive.
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