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NIH-Supported Researchers Identify New Class of Malaria Compounds

(GlobalBiodefense) A group of researchers from 16 institutions around the world has identified a new class of anti-malarial compounds that target multiple stages of the malaria parasite’s life cycle. These compounds could potentially be developed into drugs that treat and prevent malaria infection. Known as 4-(1H)-quinolone-3-diarylethers, the candidate anti-malarials are derived from a compound called Read More »

April 3, 2013
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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Research suggests malaria can be defeated without a globally led eradication program

(EurekAlert) A researcher at the University of Southampton, working as part of a team from the UK and USA, believes the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally. The team’s findings have been published in the journal Science.

February 26, 2013
| Filed under North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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Global Infectious Disease Testing Market Analysis in Marker Research Report

(SBWire) The microbiology testing market is one of the most rapidly growing segments of the in vitro diagnostics industry, and the greatest challenge facing suppliers. Among the main driving forces is continuing spread of AIDS, which remains the world’s major health threat and a key factor contributing to the rise of opportunistic infections; threat of Read More »

February 19, 2013
| Filed under International and Research
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Using transportation data to predict pandemics

(EurekAlert) In a world of increasing global connections, predicting the spread of infectious diseases is more complicated than ever. Pandemics no longer follow the patterns they did centuries ago, when diseases swept through populations town by town; instead, they spread quickly and seemingly at random, spurred by the interactions of 3 billion air travelers per Read More »

February 18, 2013
| Filed under International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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New methodology to predict pandemics

(EurekAlert) EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid identification of disease outbreaks in the peer reviewed publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface. The article, authored by leading scientists in the fields of emerging disease ecology, biomathematics, computational biology and bioinformatics, Read More »