Malaria breakthrough as scientists find 'highly effective' way to kill parasite

[nitpicker]

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/05/malaria-breakthrough-as-scientists-find-highly-effective-way-to-kill-parasite

Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective’ way to kill parasite

Gitonga Njeru in Nairobi

Thu 5 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

Human trials of new antimalarial drugs are in the pipeline after Kenyan scientists successfully used bacteria to kill the parasite that causes the disease.

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and global health partners say the breakthrough could potentially lead to the development of a new class of drugs in less than two years.

The promise of a new treatment comes after vaccine trials in Burkina Faso proved that Ivermectin, a conventional drug used for parasitic diseases including river blindness and elephantiasis, reduced transmission rates. The medication worked by making the blood of people who were repeatedly vaccinated lethal to mosquitoes.

The study also found that Ivermectin can kill plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite carried by female mosquitoes, when administered to humans.

The US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now perform human trials using new drugs derived from the bacteria after extensive lab research.

The initiative was prompted by studies conducted by the World Health Organization and several international health agencies warning of resistance to existing antimalarial drugs.
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The research is being conducted in Kenya by local scientists in collaboration with international health experts.
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[crazytown]

1. Thats a bit drastic.

A divorce would suffice.

[Bob Loblaw]

2. Have to admit at first

I thought the headline was about the first lady and her husband.