All malaria articles
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Business
Ghana and Nigeria approve Oxford malaria vaccine
Approval comes before final-stage clinical trials have been completed
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Opinion
Contribute to defeating malaria
The Medicines for Malaria Venture needs new compounds for screening and more chemists to join its open-souce drug discovery project
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Webinar
Finding new medicines for malaria
Join Chemistry World for this interactive webinar and explore some of the collaborative avenues of research looking for new medicines to prevent and treat one of our oldest foes.
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Opinion
Synthesising molecules and memories
Scientific adventures start with the support of an inspirational supervisor
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Opinion
Letters: February 2022
Readers investigate June Lindsey’s legacy, question policy and celebrate vaccination
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Feature
mRNA vaccines for Covid and beyond
Already hailed as a miracle, the new vaccine technology could protect us from other diseases, Clare Sansom finds
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News
First malaria vaccine approved as hopes raised for new, better ones
Mosquirix prevents just 30% of severe malaria cases in young children prompting a guarded welcome
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Research
Fast-acting insecticide polymorph could boost malaria-control efforts
Recrystallised deltamethrin accelerates uptake in mosquitoes
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News
Darpa wants to genetically engineer soldiers’ skin bacteria to protect them from mosquitoes
Pentagon programme aims to change chemical cues released by human skin microbes to provide a long-term defence from mosquito-borne diseases
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Feature
Malaria no more?
Efforts to cure malaria have been going on for hundreds of years. Clare Sansom looks at some of the latest – and most innovative
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News
Pilot malaria vaccination programme begins in Malawi
Mosquirix vaccine will be rolled out in Ghana and Kenya next week
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Research
Antimalarial plant's chlorophyll catalyses drug synthesis
New ‘green’ method makes malaria-fighting artemisinin’s synthesis faster and cheaper with industrial production planned for 2021
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News
How we are fighting tropical diseases
Repellents and vaccines are useful but still need further improvement
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Review
Outbreak! 50 tales of epidemics that terrorized the world
A tour of history’s most devastating diseases
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Podcast
Adamantane
Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines
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Research
Synthesis strategy takes the pain out of finding malaria drugs
Compound libraries could help find treatments for a whole host of diseases
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News
Malaria vaccine pilot studies recommended by WHO
GlaxoSmithKline’s RTS,S vaccine must undergo further testing before being rolled out, says World Health Organization panel
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News
Antiparasitic drugs derived from natural products take 2015 medicine Nobel
Top science gong awarded for discovery and development of drugs that have improved the lives of millions
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Research
Electrostatic net kills resistant mosquitoes
A new coating for insecticide-treated mosquito nets could help tackle malaria and dengue fever