New anti-malarial treatment provides hope in battle against drug resistance
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from on (#BKSH)
Trials show new drug could kill parasite and prevent the spread of malaria, which kills over half a million a year, and would cost around $1 per treatment
A new malaria treatment has been developed by scientists, and could help turn the tide against rapidly emerging drug-resistant strains of a disease which kills over half a million people a year.
The new compound rapidly kills the parasite in mice, and also appears capable of stopping the transmission of malaria - a crucial step in the bigger battle to eradicate the disease entirely.
