Malaria Archive

Good News From Africa

Posted by jimheck in Malaria, Planning Travel, Sudan, Top Annual Stories, War on January 10, 2013

Four of my most important stories for 2012 were basically great, good news! Exciting discoveries in science in Africa, growing strategies for peace in Africa’s troubled regions, and my having guided an old friend and client, the Don of American zoo directors, Les Fisher! These are my 6th to 10th Top Ten Stories. To see [...]

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Malaria Milestone

Posted by jimheck in Malaria on August 20, 2012

The greatest of evolutionary battles is between man and his diseases and a recent genetic discovery about malaria gives man a new flank to attack. Malaria is one of the most intriguing diseases in the world, incredibly complex. It is among the greatest killers in Africa, vying every year as the greatest killer with AIDS [...]

Yeh for the Apicoplast!

Posted by jimheck in Malaria on September 1, 2011

Go get ‘um DeRisi. And Yeh upstages the NFL season opener with an end-run over the Apicoplast! Yes! The battle against malaria, the first offense that might just actually win, has begun! Here it is, are you ready? “Chemical Rescue of Malaria Parasites Lacking an Apicoplast Defines Organelle Function in Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum” For those [...]

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