Wednesday, April 18, 2007

A Cure for the World's Leading Cause of Death?

Johns Hopkins University scientists have cured malaria-infected mice with single shots of a new series of synthetic drugs modeled on an ancient Chinese herbal folk remedy, and have also developed several other compounds that defeated the febrile disease in rodents after three oral doses, says one source.

This has significant potential, since the CDC says malaria is the leading cause of death in the world! If you've ever read a description of death by malaria, it is an awful, painful, miserable death. If there is any truth to this news at all, Africa may never be the same!

2 comments:

Josh said...

I have also heard of genetically modified mosquitoes that dont carry the virus.

The only challenge is to make them survive BETTER than the natural breeds... and then you have the problem of more mosquitoes.

Elise said...

I think satan was a mosquito, not a snake.