One route to malaria drug resistance found
Researchers led by Audrey Odom, MD, PhD, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered a way the malaria parasite becomes resistant to an investigational drug. The discovery also is relevant for other infectious diseases including bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
Nobel laureate Arrow to discuss economics of malaria
Malaria, along with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, is one of the three largest global killers of the world’s poorest people.