Requires just one dose and appears twice as effective as existing regimen Scientists are reporting development of a new malaria drug that, in laboratory tests, has been twice as effective as the best current medicine [...]

Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis (MS), indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Up to 90 per cent of MS patients [...]

Promising new compound becomes the first stemming from an African–MMV collaboration to enter preclinical development A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class, code named MMV390048, caused quite a stir at the MMV Expert Scientific [...]

Could herald a new potential therapy for GA University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made an exciting finding in the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). [...]

It’s too soon to know whether the approach will work in patients. Scientists have reversed symptoms of myotonic muscular dystrophy in mice by eliminating a buildup of toxic RNA in muscle cells. The work, carried [...]

  “This is a major advance in the field of vision restoration” A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington, in Seattle, [...]

Bio-Retina restores vision to AMD sufferers almost immediately following the simple implantation process At least 25-30 million people worldwide have age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes of blindness in middle-aged and older [...]

Success can’t come quickly enough. While Spider-Man is capturing the imagination of theatergoers, real-life spider men in Upstate New York are working intently to save a young boy’s life. It all began in 2009, when [...]

“The ultimate goal is to completely prevent the mosquito from spreading the malaria parasite to people.” Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have genetically modified a bacterium commonly found in the mosquito’s midgut [...]

This is an important advance in antimalaria drugs A powerful new drug to treat malaria — the invention of a University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy researcher — will help take the bite [...]

Malaria could be curtailed by the creatures Property owners who need to banish destructive woodworm could have an eight-legged alternative to chemical sprays that are potentially dangerous and only partially effective. They could enlist the [...]

Advance provides genetic options for controlling spread of deadly disease Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive approach to helping curb one of the world’s most pressing [...]