A doctor observes mosquitoes to better understand the malaria parasite which has been developing a resistance to the anti-malarial drugs. Reuters/RIcardo RojasThis article is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running during malaria week in the Southern African Development Community. You can read the rest of the series here. Malaria is a killer that has spent … [Read more...] about The quest to find a drug that nails the tricky malaria parasite | The Conversation
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Cattle parasite study points to possible way to fight malaria
This April 13, 2011 file photo shows cows at a Karan Beef farm outside Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg, South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko LONDON, March 20 – Herds of African cattle may hold the secret to new ways of fighting parasitic diseases like malaria, which kills some 600,000 people a year, scientists said on Friday. Read the full article by here: … [Read more...] about Cattle parasite study points to possible way to fight malaria
