Monkey Malaria

Deforestation in Malaysia and the changes it causes to the environment are highly likely to be to blame for a steep rise in human cases of a type of malaria usually found in monkeys, scientists said on Thursday.

A new class of drugs called G25 have been found to cure malaria in laboratory animals by disabling the spread of the parasite. It blocks the parasite's ability duplicate itself inside the red blood cells of victims. This might work both to cure the deadly disease and to prevent people from getting it. The drug cured both mice and monkeys infected w...

Deforestation in Malaysia and the changes it causes to the environment are highly likely to be to blame for a steep rise in human cases of a type of malaria usually found in monkeys, scientists said on Thursday.

A new class of drugs called G25 have been found to cure malaria in laboratory animals by disabling the spread of the parasite. It blocks the parasite's ability duplicate itself inside the red blood cells of victims. This might work both to cure the deadly disease and to prevent people from getting it. The drug cured both mice and monkeys infected w...