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Kenya Becomes Third Country to Adopt World's First Malaria Vaccine 2019-09-13 10:49:39
Kenya on Friday became the third country in the world to use the world’s first vaccine to malaria, a disease that puts 800 children to death globally every day. The vaccine ‘RTS, S’,S aims to trigger the immune system to...
Keywords: RTS, malaria vaccine in kenya, S in kenya, malaria vaccine in kenya
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Not just humans, malaria has roots in birds, bats - Study 2016-03-26 07:54:43
A new study has revealed that Malaria initially began as a parasite in birds and later evolved to colonize bats. From there it evolved to affect other mammals. Nearly 500 million people get affected with malaria every year. But, the...
Keywords: malaria parasite, malaria parasite, malaria parasite, study
Read More Indian-origin woman scientist wins USD 2,50,000 Heinz award 2015-04-27 04:28:52
The prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy, and Employment with USD2,50,000 was given to Indian-origin scientist Sangeeta Bhatia for her work in tissue engineering and disease detection. She has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing. The prestigious Heinz...
Keywords: Heinz Award at Pittsburgh, Indian scientists in America, Sangeeta Bhatia research, Indians at MIT
Read More Discovery of key protein paves way for new malaria treatment 2015-07-08 04:43:50
The researchers at the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Toxicology Unit, based at Leicester University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, have identified one of the key proteins required by malaria parasite to survive in the human red...
Keywords: Malaria Parasite, Malaria, Malaria Treatment, Malaria Parasite
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