Study: Mosquitoes species Have Been Drawn and repelled by light at different times Daily Kumar Jeetendra | July 28, 2020 In a new study, researchers found that nighttime – versus day-biting species of mosquitoes have been behaviorally attracted and repelled by different colors of light at different times of day. Mosquitoes are one of important disease vectors impacting animals and humans around the globe and also the findings have important implications for applying light to …
Seeing how the malaria can withstand fever’s warmth Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 Even when a man suffering from malaria is burning up with fever and too ill to operate, the little blood-eating parasites lurking inside them continue to flourish, relentlessly growing and multiplying as they gobble up the host’s red blood cells. The single-celled Plasmodium parasites that cause 200 million cases of malaria annually can withstand feverish …
Female mosquitoes can distinguish a mix of four unique substances in blood Kumar Jeetendra | October 13, 2020 Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, dengue, and yellow fever that kill at least a half a million people each year. Researchers are learning what people taste like to mosquitoesdown to the individual neurons that sense blood’s distinctive, flavorful taste. Female mosquitoes have a sense of taste that is especially tuned to detect a combination of …
Researchers propose that antimalarial medications could be repurposed to treat COVID-19 Kumar Jeetendra | October 20, 2020 An international group of researchers believe there is enough evidence that anti-malarial drugs could be repurposed to treat COVID-19 and they need to be evaluated for efficacy in clinical trials. The review article, published online in Trends in Parasitology, summarizes the evidence for its antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties of particular anti-malarial drugs which could play …
Researchers arrive at significant achievement in leishmaniasis immunization advancement Kumar Jeetendra | January 11, 2021 Scientists have taken an important step forward in creating a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines. The University of York-led study identified and characterized a new strain of Leishmania parasite that will form the basis of a new controlled human infection model for the disease which is transmitted by the bite of sand …
Drug-discovery collaboration discovers potential new antimalarial drug candidates Kumar Jeetendra | April 23, 2021 Potential new antimalarial drug candidates are being developed through an protracted drug-discovery collaboration between Australian medical research institute WEHI and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. The collaboration was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. A collaborative research team discovered compounds with antimalarial activity within a collection of 80,000 drug-like molecules at the Janssen Jump-stARter Compound Library, a …
Study gives significant knowledge to forestalling worldwide pandemics Kumar Jeetendra | May 17, 2021 Whether it’s plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host’s initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what level it spreads within a population, new University of Colorado Boulder research indicates. From parasitic flatworms transmitted by snails into individuals in developing nations, to zoonotic spillover …
New medication like compound could adequately hinder a critical step in malaria parasite life cycle Kumar Jeetendra | May 19, 2021 Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a vital step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential first of its type malaria treatment. While drugs and mosquito control have reduced levels of …
First CRISPR-Cas9-based gene drive cuts and duplicates hereditary components in Arabidopsis plants Kumar Jeetendra | June 26, 2021 University of California San Diego scientists developed the first CRISPR/Cas9 based gene drive in plants. Their goal is to breed resilient crops that can withstand drought and diseases. Although gene drive technology for insects has been created to stop the spread and transmission of vector-borne diseases like Malaria, scientists in Professor Yunde Zha’s lab along …
Pharmaceutical Roots: Malaria, from Bugs to Drugs Kumar Jeetendra | May 9, 2023 Pharmaceutical Roots is a content series from LGC Mikromol investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances, and offering a deeper dive into their uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. In the first article of our new Bugs to Drugs sister series, we turn the spotlight on almost 350 years of developing medicines to fight …
