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...]
Liquidia Technologies Gets $10M from Gates Foundation for Malaria Vaccine
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested $10 million in Liquidia Technologies, a closely held biotechnology company developing vaccines, as part of a $400 million initiative to fund activities to help poorer countries. Liquidia is developing a seasonal flu vaccine and has an agreement with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative to use its technology to work on new malaria vaccines, the … [Read more...]
Professor Working on Malaria Vaccine that Will Inoculate Mosquitos When They Bite People
The same menace that spreads malaria – the mosquito bite – could help wipe out the deadly disease, according to researchers working on a new vaccine at Tulane University. The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative(MVI), established in 1999 through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced today a collaboration with Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine … [Read more...]