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GenVec Reports Inducement AwardGAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) announced today that on May 23, 2012 it granted an option to purchase shares of its common stock to Cynthia Collins, its newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. The option grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of GenVec's Board of Directors and the Board of Directors, and was ma...

ITM in Antwerp receives Gates Foundation grant for malaria researchThe Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine has received a $3m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for malaria research. They will use it to attack malaria mosquitoes from a new angle.

Improved Survival From Severe Malaria With Anti-inflammatory DrugsA novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have shown that a new clas...

Scientists say new process would make anti-malarial drug less costlyScientists are reporting development of a new, higher-yield, two-step, less costly process that may ease supply problems and zigzagging prices for the raw material essential for making the mainstay drug for malaria. That disease sickens 300-500 milli...

(RED)RUSH TO ZERO Campaign To Engage Gamers, Music Fans, Consumers And Celebrities In The Push For An AIDS Free Generation By 2015NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (RED) today announced the first-ever (RED)RUSH TO ZERO campaign, taking place June 1-10, 2012, to raise funding and awareness to help deliver an AIDS Free Generation by 2015, a critical milestone in the fight against AIDS. The virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV is part of the eight Millennium Development Goals, which ran...

OPS y Fondo Mundial contra SIDA, Tuberculosis y Malaria firman acuerdo en el marco de Asamblea ...La Organización Panamericana de la Salud y el Fondo Mundial de lucha contra SIDA,...

Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve survival from severe malariaA novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage.

Malaria Progress Threatened By Increasing Drug Resistance And Inadequate TreatmentAlthough there has been considerable progress made in malaria control over the past 10 years, these global efforts are now under threat due to increasing drug resistance and inadequate treatment. According to the researchers, approximately 42% of mal...

Few new chemicals are in development for malaria vector control"This issue has been building for some time. It is really no surprise as insects have become resistant to nearly all insecticides given time and selection pressure. Few new chemicals are in development for malaria vector control, because there is lit...

Fake, substandard malaria drugs threatening gains made in fight against disease, NIH study warns"Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the past decade, according to a study" conducted by researchers at the Natio...

Fake, Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Threaten ProgressUp to 42% of anti-malaria drugs available across Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are poor quality or fake, resulting in drug resistance and inadequate treatment that threatens vulnerable populations and to undermine the huge progress made in r...

A natural remedy, Chinese superdrug and antimalarial: the story of artemisininRecent news of the emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria has dealt a blow to the war against this disease. Jenny Bryan takes a look at the history of artemisinin

New process would make anti-malarial drug less costly(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a new, higher-yield, two-step, less costly process that may ease supply problems and zigzagging prices for the raw material essential for making the mainstay drug for malaria. That d...

Findings That Could Lead To New Interventions For Severe MalariaResearchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), the University of Copenhagen and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered new knowledge related to host-parasite interaction in severe malaria, concerning how malaria parasite...

Third of malaria drugs in SE Asia are fake

More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed in Africa were below standard, doctors warned on Tuesday.

Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, AfricaMore than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday.With up to 1 million peopl...

Study Shows Third Of Southeast Asia Malaria Drugs SubstandardInternational researchers said one-third of malaria drugs prescribed in Southeast Asia and in Africa are counterfeit or substandard.

Global Fake Malaria Drug Treatment Levels RiseFake malaria drugs make up an estimated one-third of the world's supplies, according to US-based researchers. Their finding stems from research involving a group of seven drugs used to treat malaria in Asia, with one-and-a-half thousand individual sa...

Globe and Mail examines resurgence of malaria in CongoThe Globe and Mail reports on "a massive resurgence of malaria [in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] that has baffled scientists and raised doubts about the global fight against the deadly scourge."

Global Update: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight Malaria

Fake malaria drugs litter Southeast Asia, AfricaA study says more than a third of malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality.

New knowledge related to host-parasite interaction in severe malariaResearchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered new knowledge related to host-parasite interaction in severe malaria, concerning how malaria parasites are able to bin...

Malaria: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight Malaria

Poor-quality antimalarial drugs threaten to jeopardize progress made in malaria control over past decadePoor-quality and fake antimalarial drugs are leading to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that is endangering global efforts made to control and eliminate malaria over the past 10 years, according to a review of the evidence published in The L...

Equatorial Guinea Participates In 65th World Health AssemblyParticipation reflects government's commitment to Horizon 2020 development plan MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea will participate in the annual 65th World Health Assembly, which will be held at the Palais de Nations in Geneva from May 21st through the 26th. This year's assembly will focus primarily on public health issues such as universal...

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