Researchers Discover Drug That Blocks Malaria Parasites

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Researchers Discover Drug That Blocks Malaria Parasites - 17-01-2007, 03:22 AM

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered how malaria parasites break into red blood cells and how to block the invading parasites with a commonly prescribed high-blood pressure medication. This opens the door for important new drugs to which the parasites are much less likely to become resistant. Malaria is surging worldwide because of drug resistance and the lack of an effective vaccine. Jamaica, which had eradicated the disease for 50 years, recently reported an outbreak.

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