Dec 20, 2024
We focus on drug resistance and the troubling news that the frontline drug against malaria, artemisinin, is failing due to resistant parasites in severe cases of malaria, and how the collective efforts of drug development – and the data produced – could be used to build an AI chatbot capable of predicting resistance...
Dec 13, 2024
Researchers search for ways to predict antimalarial drug resistance and identify more effective drug combinations.
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The front-line treatment for malaria is typically a combination of drugs called artemisinin-based combination therapy. Resistance to treatment has already been reported in mild cases of malaria,...
Dec 11, 2024
The World Health Organization has today released its annual World Malaria Report. Here are the takeaways.
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The World Health Organization has today released its annual World Malaria Report. Here are the takeaways. Since the turn of the century, the global malaria community has averted over 2.2 billion malaria...
Nov 26, 2024
An innovative, non-invasive diagnostic tool that could revolutionize malaria testing, with the potential to be built into wearable devices.
In this extended episode of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute, we ask:
Nov 12, 2024
Using lasers and ultrasound, the ‘cytophone’ detects a key byproduct of all malaria parasites.
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Among the most commonly used malaria diagnostic tests is the rapid diagnostic test (RDT), which detects malaria antigens from a drop of blood. Whilst RDTs are small and cheap, they're invasive and new strains of...