Category: Malaria

Scientists make big progress towards building complex artificial life

In a package of seven papers published Thursday in the U.S. journal Science, researchers from the Synthetic Yeast Genome Project announced that they have successfully synthesized five new yeast chromosomes, meaning that 30 percent of a key organism’s genetic material has now been swapped out for engineered replacements. By the end of this year, this international consortium, led by geneticist Jef Boeke of the New York University, hoped to have designed and built synthetic versions of all 16 chromosomes, the structures that contain DNA, for the one-celled microorganism, Baker’s yeast.

Nearly 2 Million Kids Die from Pollution Each Year

More than a quarter of deaths in children under age 5 worldwide are tied to polluted environments, such as contaminated water and smoggy air, according to a new report. The report, from the World Health Organization , found that each year, 1.7 million children under age 5 die from causes attributable to polluted environments .

Pollution kills 1.7 million children per year, WHO reports

Exposure to polluted environments is associated with more than one in four deaths among children younger than 5, according to two World Health Organisation reports published Monday. Worldwide, 1.7 million children’s deaths per year are attributable to environmental hazards, such as exposure to contaminated water, indoor and outdoor air pollution, and other unsanitary conditions, the reports found.

Nearly 2 Million Kids Die from Pollution Each Year

More than a quarter of deaths in children under age 5 worldwide are tied to polluted environments, such as contaminated water and smoggy air, according to a new report. The report, from the World Health Organization , found that each year, 1.7 million children under age 5 die from causes attributable to polluted environments .

Pollution kills 1.7 mn children each year: WHO

Generva: Each year, environmental pollutants lead to the death of an estimated 1.7 million children under five, the World Health Organisation said in a new report on Monday. The causes include unsafe water, lack of sanitation, poor hygiene practices and indoor and outdoor pollution, as well as injuries.

Looking under the skin: the first steps in malarial infection and immunity

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium spp., starts with an asymptomatic phase, during which sporozoites, the parasite form that is injected into the skin by a mosquito, develop into merozoites, the form that infects erythrocytes.

Prez Akufo-Addo calls for Cuban support to fight malaria

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has enlisted the support and technical assistance of the government of Cuba for the construction of a biolarvicide factory in Ghana to help in the fight against malaria. Apart from the production of biolarvicides, the factory, when established, will also produce bio-fertiliser to boost agricultural productivity and create jobs.

Vector survey in capital

Main Road in Ranchi resembles a garbage dump on Wednesday, the second day of the strike by RMC’s safai workers. Around 400 civic workers have ceased work, demanding better pay and safety gear against health hazards.

.com | Logistics nightmare: Helping the Boko Haram displaced

Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there’s no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that humanitarian groups are trying to bring aid to at least 57 000 people forced out of their homes by Boko Haram Islamists, whose insurgency has devastated the remote region since 2009.

Health Highlights: Feb. 17, 2017

More deadly heat waves, catastrophic food shortages, and the rapid spread of some infectious diseases are all in the world’s future due to climate change, experts warned Thursday at the Climate & Health Meeting. The meeting, held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, was organized to replace a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention climate change conference that was canceled in January, ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, CNN reported.

Gospel Singer Dies After Using Expired Malaria Drugs

Derrick Arubayi, the younger brother of late gospel singer, Eric Arubayi, whose painful death occurred on Saturday 11th February 2017, has revealed what led to the death of his brother. Confirming the demise of the gospel artist in an exclusive chat with Vanguard, Derrick explained that Eric took ill after taking an expired drug meant to treat his malaria and typhoid ailment.

More effective malaria vaccine in the offing19 min ago

London, Feb 12 Scientists have discovered how a promising malaria vaccine target – the protein RH5 – helps parasites to invade human red blood cells, an advance that could lead to a more effective vaccine for the deadly disease. The study by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK reveals that a previously mysterious protein on the surface of the parasite called P113 anchors the RH5 protein, and provides a molecular bridge between the parasite and a red blood cell.

Organization continues fight against sickle cell anemia

Central Texas Sickle Cell Anemia Association opened its doors to help people in the community battle the disease, and even though their founder recently passed, the organization plans to continue their legacy of helping the community heal. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder in which blood cells that should be doughnut-shaped are shaped like a sickle.

The Most Romantic Valentine’s Day Gift

… all around the world. All it takes is a conversation about showing true love for your partner by improving her or his health and happiness, as well as global flourishing. Is there any reason to not have that conversation? Bio: Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is …

NMS runs out of anti-malaria drugs

Dr Jimmy Opigo, the programme manager of the National Malarial Control programme at the Ministry of Health noted that “the drug stock out is life threatening at a time when there is high malaria transmission more than any other time in the past years during the same period.” At the end of last year, the NMS general manager Moses Kamabare expressed concern over the then looming drug stock outs for both anti-malarial drugs and antiretroviral drugs due to limited funds in their current budget.

Virginia Tech researchers receive NIH grant to improve malaria drug

As long as parasites continue to mount resistance to malaria drugs, scientists will be faced with the task of developing new, improved pharmaceuticals. A research team from the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery has received a $431,126 two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to make improved versions of a promising compound called MMV008138, or 8138 for short.

Weekend link dump for January 29

… death and increased abortion raters. Now, this one change may profoundly undermine not only progress on maternal health worldwide but also the US government’s ability to fight HIV/AIDS , big childhood killers like malaria, and prevent infectious …

Breaking the WHO’s glass ceiling

By Peter A. Singer and Jill W. Sheffield This year, the World Health Organization will elect a new Director-General. Last September, WHO member states nominated six candidates for the position: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Flavia Bustreo, Philippe Douste-Blazy, David Nabarro, Sania Nishtar, and Mikls Szcska.

OHSU’s HIV vaccine technology acquired by Bay Area biotech

A San Francisco-based biotech company has acquired vaccine research by Oregon Health & Science University scientists, marking a critical step toward commercialization of a promising HIV vaccine. The deal involves the startup Vir Biotechnology Inc. buying TomegaVax Inc., an OHSU spinoff that holds the rights to the vaccine technology developed by Dr. Louis Picker and Klaus Frueh at OHSU’s Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Beaverton.

MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the…

MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the Global Financing Facility to Help End Preventable Deaths of Mothers MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., inside the United States and Canada, announced today its $10 million commitment to the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child to improve maternal and child health in low- and lower-middle-income countries worldwide through its MSD for Mothers initiative.

20-cent Paperfuge could help diagnose diseases

… and can’t be used in the field. “A couple of years ago, I experienced a moment in Uganda while talking to primary health workers, which made me realize centrifuges are a critical part of a diagnostics lab infrastructure, and they were missing from …