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  • Malaria, a Challenge for Science

    Malaria, a Challenge for Science0

    Plasmodium vivax, which causes 16 million cases of malaria each year worldwide, takes thousands of years adapting to the local circumstances, an adaptive capacity that make this parasite a challenge seeking vaccines and drugs to combat malaria.

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  • Scientists Develop New Malaria Vaccine Candidate

    Scientists Develop New Malaria Vaccine Candidate0

    TatD-like DNase is an essential factor for the survival of malarial parasites in the host and is a potential malaria vaccine candidate.

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  • The Solution for Malaria could be on the Seabed

    The Solution for Malaria could be on the Seabed0

    An international team of researchers has found similar molecules to heparin, isolated from sea cucumbers, red algae and marine sponges, which inhibit the growth of Plasmodium falciparum, one of the parasites that cause malaria. Unlike heparin, these molecules have reduced anticoagulant activity as blood, opening new avenues for the development of antimalarial drugs.

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