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A Dose of Radiation May Help Knock Out Malaria

How are physicists helping an effort to eradicate malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than one million people every year? Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) used their expertise in radiation science to help a young company create weakened, harmless versions of the malaria-causing parasite. These parasites, in turn, are being used to create a new type of vaccine that shows promise of being more effective than current malaria vaccines……..

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    A Dose of Radiation May Help Knock Out Malaria

    How are physicists helping an effort to eradicate malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than one million people every year? Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) used their expertise in radiation science to help a young company create weakened, harmless versions of the malaria-causing parasite. These parasites, in turn, are being used to create a new type of vaccine that shows promise of being more effective than current malaria vaccines……..

    Original post by Health news from medicineworld.org

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    Related Articles
  • Breakthrough in rapid malaria detection
  • Discovery could help stop malaria at its source
  • Knock-out Punch For Antibiotic Resistance
  • 1-step breast cancer treatment
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