Closer to the final vaccine against malaria
Posted by Peter on January 19th, 2012 09:47 AM | 4 Comments
After four years of experiments, The RTS, S is effective for the prevention of malaria, thanks to the team with the Spanish Pedro Alonso.
Against all odds, the world has today of the RTS, S malaria, reducing the risk of suffering ...
Transgenic mosquitoes incapable of transmitting malaria
Posted by Peter on January 6th, 2012 04:55 AM | 8 Comments
Scientists at the University of Arizona manage to create genetically modified mosquitoes can not transmit malaria.
Mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are key and essential in the reproductive cycle of the parasite that causes malaria.
Lifecycle Plasmodium and importance of mosquito Anopheles
The ...
The most unpleasant scientific
Posted by Peter on December 30th, 2011 05:10 AM | 3 Comments
The scientific work are also less pleasant science. And to advance knowledge, someone has to take to make this work.
When you think of "do science"Usually you think of elegant men and women in their laboratories, with their white coats and ...
Malaria, deforestation and fish farms
Posted by Peter on December 28th, 2011 05:25 AM | 1 Comment
The challenge is to grow the fish sector in the Peruvian jungle, but without incurring increased risk of tropical disease mentioned.
In the jungle Peruvian general and in the Loreto region in particular, there is ultimately a willingness to foster institutional ...