Malaria

World Malaria Day: Meet a researcher using genetic engineering to tackle a serious global disease

April 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey/Prof Tania de Koning-Ward, Deakin University Prof Tania de Koning-Ward, Deakin University. Image: Deakin University World Malaria Day – held on the 25 April [...]

World Mosquito Day: How the pest’s diet could lead to discovery of new antimalarial drug

August 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman/ PhD student and fellow Trizah Koyi Milugo, ICIPE PhD student and fellow Trizah Koyi Milugo. Image: Trizah Koyi Milugo A preventable disease, malaria [...]

Combating malaria through vaccines, antibody treatment and apoptotic pathway therapy

August 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Mosquito potentially carrying malaria on skin

Read some of the latest research articles related to Malaria, published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology [...]

New method for producing malaria drug at large scales

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

A study in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology shows that genetically engineered moss can rapidly produce artemisinin at an industrial scale. [...]

STAFF PICK: Mutating to defeat malaria

February 23, 2016 // 2 Comments

This month’s Frontiers Staff Pick comes from Victor Kouassi. Victor is a Journal Operations Assistant and before joining us at Frontiers, was at the Francis Crick [...]

Malaria: the long march to eradication

May 25, 2015 // 2 Comments

There are 200 million cases of malaria each year and 500,000 deaths, mostly among children under 5. Bednets, insecticides, and medication all help to control the disease, but complete eradication is a long way off. [...]