malaria
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Launch of BioLynx provides a boost for the international malaria research community
New NUS spin-off company launches at TechVenture 2011.
malaria | 12 October 2011
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iBio announces malaria vaccine milestone achievement
iBio Inc announced successful animal testing of a malaria vaccine candidate produced using its proprietary iBioLaunch platform and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Results were published in the August issue of the peer-reviewed, scie…
malaria | 05 August 2011
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Sanofi-aventis and Medicines for Malaria Venture join forces
Sanofi-aventis and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to research malaria treatments as well as the first research project agreement within the framework of the alliance. As part of the agreem…
malaria | 05 May 2011
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SIgN and Novartis discover effective malaria drug
Scientists from the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) led by Dr Laurent Renia have made breakthrough on a drug that is effective against malaria. Their work, carried out with Novartis, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Scripps Resear…
malaria | 01 October 2010
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Immunization for malaria and Buruli ulcer
Telormedix is collaborating with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) on a pilot study using Telormedix’s adjuvant, TMX-201, in connection with immunization for Malaria and Buruli Ulcer. TMX-201 is a second generation TLR7…
malaria | 14 September 2010
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MIT Zooms in on Malaria-Infected Cells
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in detail how the malaria parasite attacks red blood cells, which could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria. The images show …
malaria | 01 October 2008
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Experts spoke on resistance to anti-malaria drugs and diagnostics for infectious disease
More than 200 researchers from major universities, research institutions and hospitals in Singapore and the region gathered at Biopolis, Singapore, to hear 14 internationally renowned infectious disease and malaria experts from the UK, Singapore and …
malaria | 11 September 2008
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Sanofi Pasteur, Institut Pasteur Team Up Against Malaria
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced a partnership with Institut Pasteur to develop a vaccine against malaria. Under this agreement, Sanofi Pasteur will have access to antigens identified by Institut Pasteur derive…
malaria | 01 November 2007
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Malaria's Deadly Weapon: A Morphing Molecule That Keeps The Parasite A Step Ahead
A molecule that constantly reinvents itself is one of the many ingenious mechanisms that P. falciparum — the mosquito-borne blood parasite that causes the deadliest form of human malaria — has evolved to protect itself against the human immune sy…
malaria | 17 August 2007
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Curing Malaria in One Dose
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., researchers have cured malaria-infected mice with single shots of a new series of potent, long lasting synthetic peroxide compounds modeled on an ancient Chinese herbal folk remedy, artemisinin, the active a…
malaria | 01 May 2007
