Nov 27, 2023
An old malaria drug gets a new formulation. But how good is it – and will it drive resistance?
In this podcast, we ask:
Nov 14, 2023
How ‘chemical vaccines’ could offer long-term protection against malaria in endemic areas, and combat the problems of dosing and drug resistance.
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Drugs used to prevent and treat malaria are vital tools in the malaria toolkit – but they aren’t perfect. When used to prevent malaria, people must remember...
Oct 23, 2023
Drug efficacy studies are revealing the spatial distribution of mutations causing artemisinin resistance - and it all starts with a drop of blood.
In this podcast, we ask:
With Didier Ménard, Director...
Oct 9, 2023
Researchers examine the rise of artemisinin drug resistance in Eritrea - and search for its genetic basis.
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Artemisinin – a key antimalarial drug – and other drugs derived from it, are fast losing their effectiveness across South East Asia and increasingly in Africa, too. To investigate this, researchers...
Sep 25, 2023
In 1951, malaria was eliminated from the US. But just this past summer, the parasite that causes the disease has re-infected local mosquitoes and caused a handful of cases of malaria in three US states.
In this interview podcast, we ask: