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There is resistance to the malaria drug in severely ill kids
Malaria parasites in children in Southeast Asia are not completely resistant and the need for new treatment is greater than in Africa, researchers have said. The study found that it took more than 10 years for Artemisinin to kill 50% of the parasites in the bloodstream for 11 children with severe Malaria. There is no…
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Scientists are working on the elimination of malaria
Researchers have said artemisinin resistance to mutations in the PfK13 gene. Around 20 mutations in PfK13 have been linked to artemisinin resistance, but this might not be the whole story. It’s possible for non-artemisinin-based drugs to target signalling pathways that are crucial to the invasion of the host’s red blood cells by parasites, or the…