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MELINDA: It absolutely does. When we were in Mozambique, seeing the mothers with babies who are dying of malaria, I think for both of us it really gave us a face to what we're trying to do in the whole area of malaria...
...continent. In September he flew to Rwanda to spend a few days with his longtime hero, Dr. Paul Farmer. There, he got a crash course in Third World medicine, interviewing beleaguered health officials, visiting families crowded into thatched huts and shadowing Farmer as he treated AIDS, TB and malaria patients with food and life-saving drugs. "This is how medicine is supposed to work," says Elmer-DeWitt. "After three days, I was ready to quit my day job and apply to medical school...
...Murray ’83, the Director of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), said that Klausner steered the foundation towards a focus on research that would have the “biggest impact in the long run,” such as vaccines for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria...
Scientists said that the findings, which were published on Sept. 1 in the journal Nature, could help them understand why diseases such as Alzheimer’s, AIDS, malaria, and certain cancers are more prevalent and severe in humans than in chimpanzees and other great apes...
...Artesunate is easier to use than quinine and has fewer side effects. (Quinine can be toxic if incorrectly administered.) The drug's main advantage is its ability to prevent malaria-infected red blood cells from sticking together in a process called sequestration. When this occurs in the brain it can cause cerebral malaria, one of the most deadly forms of the disease. "It's just like Bangkok traffic in the mornings," says professor Nick White of Mahidol University in Bangkok, who led the study. "[Artesunate] reduces the traffic jam, which is what kills people." The study's results still need...