Engineering the End of Malaria
Intellectual Ventures has put some of the profits from licensing patents into developing breakthrough health-care technologies that nobody else has been able to pursue.
Malaria
Genetically Modifying Organisms in the Wild
A new genetic engineering technology could help fight malaria, but can it be used responsibly?
Habitat Destruction Is Exposing Us to a Dangerous New Form of Malaria
Habitat destruction isn’t just killing wildlife—it’s killing us.
Malaria Parasites Can Control Your Scent
A new study shows the smells can both attract and repel mosquitoes at different stages of the disease. The results might help us fight back.
Winning the War Against Malaria
To wipe out malaria, scientists have developed a genetic manipulation that limits female offspring.
The Mosquito Breeder: Breeding Bugs to Fight Malaria
Malaria research needs a steady supply of mosquitoes, and breeding them involves extreme self-sacrifice.
How Malaria Defeats Our Drugs
In the war against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and medicine on the brink of defeat.
The Cheaper, Bacteria-Derived Future of Drugs
Drugs made from plants are often too expensive for the people who need them. A group of scientists may have found a solution.
The Bitterest Pill: Maybe China Isn’t Counterfeiting Drugs
After a May report finding a third of the malaria pills inspected in Asia and Africa were counterfeit, observers piled on pharmaceutical companies in India and China as likely bad guys. But the truth is a little harder to swallow.
Turning Cellphones Into Mobile Microscopes
Researchers across California are working to bring medical microscopes to our cellphones — and vastly improve field medicine.
Malaria Vaccine Gives Debate Shot in the Arm
Once derided as the wrong path forward in fighting this mosquito-borne killer, a new malaria vaccine offers decent results and renewed hope.
The AIDS Funding Dilemma
In the "AIDS exceptionalism" debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
Finagling with a Mosquito’s the Sex Life
Unlocking a bug’s chastity belt could open doors to a targeted insecticide to provide new hope in the fight against malaria.
A New Hope for Human Malaria Vaccine
Dutch researchers have characterized a large number of parasite proteins that could prove useful in the development of a human malaria vaccine.