This erythrocytic cycle takes a variable amount of time in different malaria species--48 hours in P. falciparum but 72 hours in P ... P. falciparum malaria can kill within 48 hours of the first ...

The malaria parasite doesn't make mosquitoes sick, so mosquito immune systems don't fight it. To get around the problem, the team used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR.

Mosquitoes spread malaria. Now researchers hope that a gene drive technology could turn them into malaria fighters. Although not every scientist thinks it's a good idea to genetically modify a ...

“To try to get rid of them, I don’t think it’s possible,” he says. Instead, James and his colleagues want to try a different approach: making mosquitoes themselves into malaria-fighting warriors. To ...

Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants ...

Crucially, there is a need to rethink the malaria strategy. The fact that Nigeria alone still accounts for approximately 30% of global malaria cases, which amount to 68 million cases, and 23% of ...

The world's first malaria vaccine. Malaria casts a long shadow over the lives of those in its path. The disease can lead to anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women, putting their babies at ...

The malaria parasite doesn't make mosquitoes sick, so mosquito immune systems don't fight it. To get around the problem, the team used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR.