Malaria Vaccine

Malaria Vaccine research has been studied intensely for the last couple decades in hopes to find a solution to the disease of malaria. At this time there are no vaccines for the prevention of malaria although several candidates are undergoing clinical trials. With an estimated two billion people living in areas where malaria is transmitted a malaria vaccine is of great importance to save lives. With a combination of lack of interest, limited funding, and complicated science, an effective vaccine for malaria is developing slower than the malaria toll demands causing many deaths. An effective malaria vaccine should be safe with few side effects, be highly effective in children provide long term immunity, be easily administered, be inexpensive to manufacture and affordable to its recipients.

1. 90% of malaria cases in Africa
2. Every 30 seconds a child dies to malaria
3. Malaria kills 1 to 3 million people worldwide each year
4. Focus in on reproducing immunity safely and effectively
5. Scientists optimistic that it is feasible
6. Many antigens being used
7. Doesn't have a brand name yet
8. First tested for safety, then efficiency
9. Takes an average of 15 years for a proven vaccine to reach developing countries
10. The malaria vaccine offers one of the most promising long term solutions
11. Developing a safe & effective vaccine remains elusive despite years of efforts
12. Malaria vaccine development will reduce malaria deaths and the burden this disease places on the public health

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• Google News: Malaria Vaccine Search
• ScienceDaily: Toward A New Generation Of Vaccines For Malaria And Other Diseases (March 28, 2008)
  • In the study, Manuel E. Patarroyo and his son Manuel A. Patarroyo describe a completely new strategy for designing more effective vaccines, which are chemically synthesized in the laboratory without the use of microorganisms. They identified dozens of key protein fragments involved in the complex infection process of the malaria parasite, from which they designed, specifically modified and synthesized chemically some of the most promising malaria vaccine candidates that have been tested to date.
• ScienceDaily: Discovery About Fertilization Points Way To Possible Malaria Vaccine (March 26, 2008)
• Scientific American: Lending a Helping Arm: Volunteers Risk Malaria (March 5, 2008)
• HealthDay: Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial (January 24, 2008)
• EurekAlert: Early Promising Results in Malaria Vaccine Trial in Mali (January 22, 2008)
• The New York Times: The Soul of a New Vaccine (Decemeber 11,2007)
• The New York Times: New Malaria Vaccine Is Shown to Work in Infants.. (October 18, 2007)
• ABC News: Gates Foundation Looks to Fight Malaria (October 17, 2007)
• US Department of Health and Human Services: Malaria Vaccine Prompts... (Decemeber 18, 2006)
• BBC News: Hopes of Malaria Vaccine by 2010 (October 15, 2004)
• NewScientist: New malaria Vaccine Raises High Hopes (October 15, 2004)

• NewScientist: Trails and Tribulations of a Malaria Vaccine...

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