The GOP's budget would cause the deaths of at least 70,000 children around the world who rely on American funding, according to the government agency in charge of foreign aid. Of the 70,000 deaths, 30,000 would come from slashing malaria control programs, 24,000 from lack of immunizations and 16,000 from unsafe birthing practices. "I believe these are very conservative estimates," USAID … [Read more...]
Blood Analysis Chip May Revolutionize Disease Detection
Reporter Kara Tsuboi interviews researchers at the University of California, Berkeley who are working on a new blood-analysis chip or Self-powered Integrated Microfluidic Blood Analysis System (SIMBAS), that can potentially detect hundreds of diseases at once in a matter of minutes. Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee and post-doctoral researcher Ivan Dimov are at the end of the first phase of … [Read more...]
Global Fund Calls on Beneficiary Countries to Show Commitment in Attaining MDGs
Dr Debrework Zewdie, Deputy Executive Director of The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has called on countries take up the responsibility of commitment to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) regarding the three diseases since it is only four years away. She said beneficiary countries should be anticipating what to do when the donor fund collapses … [Read more...]
Biomagnetics’ Commercialization of Integrated Optical Biosensor
Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, cholera and malaria detection, today announced details of next steps to be taken toward full commercialization of the Company’s flagship Integrated Optical Biosensor (IOBS) diagnostic system. Biomagnetics is currently in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop … [Read more...]
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Launches AvecNet Collaborative Project to Fight Spread of Malaria
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has launched a collaborative project to develop and evaluate new tools to control the spread of malaria in Africa. AvecNet is a five year, €12 million project involving sixteen partners in Africa and Europe, funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework programme. Because malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, their effective control is … [Read more...]
Pharma Service Company Quintiles Selected for Gates Foundation Consortium Clinical Trials Work
Quintiles,an integrated biopharmaceutical company, has been named a preferred provider to a consortium of 14 global health Product Development Partnerships (PDPs), funded in part by the Bill and Melina Gates Foundation . PDPs are not-for-profit entities formed for the purpose of advancing global health and the health of the world’s poorest by the discovery, development and delivery of new … [Read more...]
Malaria Mosquitoes Reveal Pathogen Defense Strategies
In analyzing malaria mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, a Cornell-led team of researchers finds evidence of two very different evolutionary paths in the immune systems of neighboring mosquito groups. Genes in animal immune systems may evolve in one of two main ways in the constant fight against pathogens: They may evolve diverse forms of genes (alleles) to fight a wide variety of pathogens, or … [Read more...]
Canadian Researchers Develop Inexpensive Malaria Treatment
Scientists in Saskatoon, Canada have developed a malaria treatment that will help fight malaria, which kills about one million people each year. The new developments which will provide an affordable, reliable, and stable treatment for malaria and is likely to save millions of lives, especially those of women and children in Africa. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and … [Read more...]
Anacor Pharmaceuticals Enters Development Agreement with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
Anacor Pharmaceuticals has entered into a development agreement with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) to develop Anacor’s compound AN3661 for the treatment of malaria. Under the agreement, Anacor and MMV will work together on the development of AN3661 through human proof-of-concept studies. AN3661 was developed as part of a research agreement signed by the two parties in April 2010 to … [Read more...]
African Leaders Malaria Alliance Receives $250K Grant to Help Fight Malaria
The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), an alliance of 39 African leaders, has been awarded a $250,000 grant to help with its campaign to combat malaria. ALMA, chaired by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and recently elected Deputy Chair, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, was launched in 2009 as a collaborative effort for African leaders to work together with the African … [Read more...]