Researchers found that specific DNA segments in the malaria parasite trigger gene silencing, uncovering inherent control ...

Physician-scientists at Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS) in Burkina Faso have successfully completed initial safety ...

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

In a groundbreaking step towards equitable global healthcare, Sri Lankan innovator Abisheick Nandakumar and his team at ...

The "catastrophic" freeze on U.S. funding for malaria has halted prevention programs across Africa and also threatens to ...

This deadly yet neglected disease continues to afflict thousands, quietly claiming lives in communities already battling ...

The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has unveiled a new wave of indigenous health innovations aimed at ...

Sleeping under a bed net has been one of the most successful ways of preventing malaria, as the main malaria-spreading ...

In a new study published in the scientific journal Nature, scientists from Harvard University have come up with a new way to ...

New tools bring closer the possibility of exterminating species considered harmful to humans, which is fueling an ethical dilemma ...

“The best defence against malaria has been insecticide-treated bed nets, but mosquitoes are developing a resistance to those prevention methods. This novel approach targets the source of the disease,” ...

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites that are transmitted through the bites of infected ...