News - Menzies

Largest-ever IPD meta-analysis of malaria patients to inform haemoglobin changes

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March 08, 2022 - 12:00pm

A new malaria study using a very large analysis of pooled individual patient data from more than 70,000 patients of all ages, has been published in BMC Medicine. Picture credit: Flickr, Cristhian Alama, Red Mundial
Medical Express | Using paracetamol for protecting kidneys in patients with severe malaria

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March 04, 2022 - 02:30am

Dr. Daniel Cooper said the findings are important because they will help provide the best possible treatment to patients with severe malaria.
Using paracetamol for protecting kidneys in patients with severe malaria

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March 03, 2022 - 09:00am

Paracetamol is used in many illnesses for the relief of pain and fever, but a study just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has shown that it may also help protect against kidney damage in patients with malaria.
Public lectures share expert insights in health

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February 24, 2022 - 09:00am

The series will kick off with a lecture on March 17 with the Professor of Global Health at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), Professor Ric Price, who will talk about the history of Malaria and its global elimination.
NT News | Territory shares in funding

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September 14, 2021 - 02:00am

MENZIES School of Health Research professor Richard Price will spearhead research to eliminate malaria, thanks to a $2.9m grant through the federal government’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) investigator grant scheme.
New insights into immune responses to malaria

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July 27, 2021 - 12:46pm

Advanced technologies have been used to solve a long-standing mystery about why some people develop serious illness when they are infected with the malaria parasite, while others carry the infection asymptomatically.
New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria

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July 15, 2021 - 09:00am

The Indonesia Ministry of Health, Universitas Gadjah Mada, University of Indonesia, Universitas Sumatera Utara, and Menzies are embarking upon a new program to improve the management of patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria.
New Partnership launched to accelerate elimination of relapsing P. vivax malaria

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July 14, 2021 - 18:00pm

As part of PAVE, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), PATH, Menzies School of Health Research, and Burnet Institute will work with in-country partners to conduct feasibility studies looking at the best way to use different P. vivax relapse treatments and diagnostics at different levels of the healthcare system in endemic countries.
A New $25 Million Unitaid Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria

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July 14, 2021 - 09:45am

Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Thailand are set to benefit from a $25-million “Partnership for Vivax Elimination” (PAVE) which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria.
$74 million investment in Australian-led clinical trials

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June 21, 2021 - 09:00am

Includes a clinical trial in PNG led by Dr Holger Unger and a trial by Prof Peter Morris to reduce infection in Aboriginal mothers and babies.
Parasit malaria bersembunyi di organ limpa

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June 02, 2021 - 13:43pm
Parasit Malaria Bisa Bersembunyi di Limpa Manusia

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June 02, 2021 - 13:39pm

Studi terbaru mengungkapkan, parasit malaria terbukti lebih banyak yang bersembunyi dan berkembang biak di dalam limpa manusia. Temuan tersebut mendefinisikan ulang siklus hidup malaria.
Penelitian Berhasil Ungkap Parasit Malaria Bersembunyi di Limpa Sumber: https://mediaindonesia.com/humaniora/408850/penelitian-berhasil-ungkap-parasit-malaria-bersembunyi-di-limpa

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June 02, 2021 - 13:37pm

LEMBAGA Biologi Molekuler Eijkman mengatakan hasil penelitian yang dilakukan Eijkman dan rekannya menunjukkan sejumlah besar parasit malaria ternyata bersembunyi di organ limpa.
MEDIA RELEASE | First study to estimate the global costs due to vivax malaria

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June 02, 2021 - 08:00am

The global cost of vivax malaria infections could be reduced substantially if radical cure is used more effectively, a new paper has found.
Malaria is not only a blood disease, it also hides in the spleen, scientists have discovered

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May 27, 2021 - 16:52pm

Groundbreaking new research has found large numbers of malaria parasites hiding in the spleen. Until now, it was thought that once malaria parasites reached the bloodstream, they circulated and multiplied only in the blood.
Hidden malaria life cycle discovered in the spleen

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May 27, 2021 - 07:00am

Ground-breaking studies published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and PLOS Medicine have found large numbers of malaria parasites hiding in the human spleen where they actively multiply in a previously unrecognised life cycle.
Finding innovative solutions to eliminate vivax malaria by 2030

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April 27, 2021 - 10:24am

New research by Menzies’ malaria team is identifying innovative new ways to eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria by 2030.
Regional research set to get digital boost

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April 07, 2021 - 10:00am

Resources Regional Collaborations Programme COVID-19 Digital Grants, recognises A/Prof Kamala Ley-Thriemer, Dr Jo Wapling and Dr Chris Lowbridge.
Media release | Tracking malaria through genetic surveillance

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December 15, 2020 - 15:28pm

The goal of eliminating malaria is one-step closer thanks to a an NHMRC Ideas grant to Menzies senior research fellow Dr Sarah Auburn.
Lost in translation: In search of an end to the malaria epidemic

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October 20, 2020 - 10:23am

CDU Research Impact story | Menzies researcher Dr Kamala Ley-Thriemer is committed to the cause.
Malaria research leads CDU graduate to USA

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September 16, 2020 - 09:00am

Completing his PhD with CDU through the Menzies School of Health Research, Damian Oyong has made a significant contribution to fighting the disease.
Radical cure instrumental in beating malaria

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June 10, 2020 - 09:40am

Research findings by Charles Darwin University PhD graduate Dr Robert Commons has the potential to deliver health benefits to millions of malaria sufferers around the globe.
An open letter from 119 scientists and researchers to The Lancet

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May 30, 2020 - 12:00pm

Signed by clinicians, medical researchers, statisticians, and ethicists from across the world, follows the publication of a paper on using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19.
Five medical research projects recognised in the Northern Territory

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May 21, 2020 - 10:36am

Five researchers based at Menzies have received recognition in the form of Investigator Grants from the NHMRC and the MRFF.
$400 million funding boost for health and medical research

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May 20, 2020 - 16:04pm

Including Menzies School of Health Research work towards the elimination of chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory.
Calls for a universal radical cure to treat malaria

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April 24, 2020 - 14:30pm

The elimination of malaria from the Asia Pacific within the decade will require the safe and effective radical cure of malaria, a new paper in Trends in Parasitology suggests.
Calls for a universal radical cure to treat malaria

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April 24, 2020 - 14:30pm

The elimination of malaria from the Asia Pacific within the decade will require the safe and effective radical cure of malaria, a new paper in Trends in Parasitology suggests.
Menzies investigators and international collaborators from ACROSS and other institutions have published a meta-analysis

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December 13, 2019 - 09:00am

Menzies investigators and international collaborators have published a meta-analysis and identified a point of care test for the diagnosis of G6PD deficiency with suitable reliability for routine use. Further feasibility studies are under way to assess its reliability under field conditions.
Media Release | Malaria researcher awarded national fellowship

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October 11, 2019 - 08:00am

Menzies School of Health (Menzies) researcher Dr Kamala Thriemer has been awarded a prestigious $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to develop and optimise treatment programs against vivax malaria in SE Asia and the Horn of Africa.
Media Release | $2.5 million CSL Centenary Fellowships announced

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October 10, 2019 - 16:30pm

Two Australian scientists have each been awarded AUD$1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowships over five years to improve treatments for two of the world’s biggest health challenges: malaria and cancer.
New Research Pinpoints Faster Treatment to Cure Vivax Malaria

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July 23, 2019 - 09:00am

A new research study has shown that a seven-day treatment with a high dose of an anti-malaria drug can be tolerated by patients
New study shows faster way to cure vivax malaria

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July 18, 2019 - 08:00am

A large clinical trial in Africa and Asia has shown that a 7 day course of high dose primaquine, a drug used to treat P. vivax malaria, is well tolerated.
7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research | Final Report

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July 01, 2019 - 09:28am

MESA Correspondents bring you cutting-edge coverage from the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPVR 2019).
Coverage from the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research

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July 01, 2019 - 09:07am

Wrapping up the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research, day three focused on the topics of P. vivax drugs and approaches for P. vivax elimination.
CDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria

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May 13, 2019 - 09:00am

National Tribune Online news | Graduating this week with a PhD, rising star malaria researcher Dr Steven Kho.
MediaNewsroomCDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria CDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria

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May 13, 2019 - 07:00am

Blood platelets, neutrophils and the spleen have novel roles in people with malaria, according to new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Menzies School of Health Research.
50 Top Biomedical And Health Scientists Join Prestigious Academy Of Medical Sciences Fellowship

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May 08, 2019 - 11:45am

Prof Ric Price recognised by The Academy of Medical Sciences as one of 50 of the UK’s leading figures elected to their esteemed Fellowship.
50 top biomedical and health scientists join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

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May 08, 2019 - 10:05am

Professor Richard Price , Professor of Global Health and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, and Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford
Asia–Pacific research partnerships set to tackle big challenges

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April 05, 2019 - 10:07am

The largest grant, of $257,767, goes to the Menzies School of Health Research for a project with collaborators in Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Netherlands.
SMH | Commonwealth regional research grants key to 'science diplomacy'

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April 04, 2019 - 23:00pm

Among the other projects funded are the Menzies School of Health Research partnering with Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal to develop malaria treatments.
Funding spotlight on eliminating malaria in Vietnam

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December 12, 2018 - 12:33pm
Health Issues India | Could a malaria treatment be found in human blood?

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September 12, 2018 - 09:22am

Could a new defence against malaria be found in human blood? Research suggests that human platelets — a component of the blood — form a first-line defence against the malaria parasite.
ScienceNews | A newly approved drug could be a boon for treating malaria

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August 10, 2018 - 11:17am

The first new treatment in 60 years for a particularly stubborn kind of malaria is raising hopes that it might help eradicate the disease.
PNG-Aust researchers to combine under new grant program

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August 07, 2018 - 23:00pm

Australian and Papua New Guinean research groups will work in partnership to address malaria, tuberculosis and other health security threats, under a new grants program funded by the Australian government.
Research reveals defence against malaria parasites

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August 02, 2018 - 00:15am

The study, which has just been published in the prestigious journal Blood, was led by Associate Professor Brendan McMorran at ANU and Professor Nick Anstey at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research
Xinhuanet.com|Platelets kill up to 60 pct of malaria parasites: Australian study

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August 01, 2018 - 10:00am

The study, published by the Menzies School of Health Research (MSHR) in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), revealed that platelets attack and kill malaria parasites in the bloodstream.
Platelets the first line of defence in malaria patients

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July 31, 2018 - 23:00pm

The humble platelet is usually regarded as just a tiny cell that helps the blood clot. A study just published in the prestigious journal Blood has found that platelets attack and kill malaria parasites in infected humans to reduce the number of parasites circulating in their blood.
Improving P. vivax malaria treatment

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July 25, 2018 - 08:49am

A study, led by a team at Menzies School of Health Research in Australia, has assembled individual patient data from clinical trials conducted since 2000, investigating the effect of chloroquine dosing, combined with the partner drug primaquine, and the risk of recurrent malaria across different settings.
NT News | Malaria breakthrough for NT

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July 21, 2018 - 01:00am

NT News page 7 - 21 July 2018 | Report on The Lancet Infectious Diseases P.vivax paper.
Xinhua News | "Radical cure" best treatment for common malaria: study

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July 20, 2018 - 11:00am

(Xinhua) -- Researchers have discovered that a "radical cure" is the best treatment for a type of malaria affecting 13 million people.
New evidence supports radical treatment of widespread form of malaria

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July 20, 2018 - 08:30am

A team of malaria experts from a large international research collaboration has today published results supporting the need for a radical cure strategy to tackle one of the most debilitating forms of malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite.
Australian support for eliminating malaria and health research in the Indo-Pacific

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July 02, 2018 - 10:00am

Australia is playing a leading role in supporting malaria elimination efforts, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. The Government's Stronger Systems for Health Security program is supporting practical, relevant research into fundamental health security challenges.
Tackling Malaysian monkey malaria

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May 23, 2018 - 15:15pm

Malaysia’s national malaria eradication program has successfully reduced infections associated with Plasmodium falciparum and vivax malaria. to the point where these species may realistically be eradicated by 2020. Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is now...
Building genomics expertise in the NT

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May 23, 2018 - 12:21pm

Menzies is investing and developing expertise in the emerging research area of genome sequencing. In the past year, we took the lead in a number of national and international collaborative programs investigating the genomics of tropical pathogens, and...
IMPROV Newsletter Issue #18 | March 2018

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March 26, 2018 - 12:00pm

We would like to thank all the sites and study staff for all their hard work. This has been a huge undertaking over the past few years which will yield important results to optimise vivax malaria treatment regimens.
Malaria victim facing double hand amputation considers legal action against GP

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March 07, 2018 - 14:41pm

Malaria expert Professor Ric Price, from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, said advising travellers about the prevention of malaria was not straightforward.
DFAT: Foreign policy in action - malaria research

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November 23, 2017 - 11:31am

Matthew Grigg is a senior research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research and spent several years researching mosquitoes and malaria while living in a small town called Kudat in Sabah, Malaysia.
Award no tall order for Matthew - Darwin Sun

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October 24, 2017 - 07:00am

A DARWIN scientist has been named the Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year in recognition of his research into a type of monkey malaria transmitted to humans via mosquitoes.
Monkey malaria researcher presented with NT Young Tall Poppy award

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October 18, 2017 - 08:30am

Dr Matthew Grigg's research into monkey malaria has already changed WHO treatment guidelines and saved lives across Southeast Asia, writes Sarah Condie - Cosmos Magazine
PhD: malaria paralyses immune cells

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October 14, 2017 - 06:00am

THE quest to develop a better malaria vaccine is a complicated business, but that hasn't deterred Dr Jessica Loughland, of the Menzies School of Health Research, who received a PhD yesterday from Charles Darwin University
Katherine Times | Dr Grigg wins science award

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October 13, 2017 - 08:48am

Menzies School of Health Research clinical research fellow Dr Matthew Grigg has been named the 2017 NT Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.
NT News | Brains Trust Born

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October 13, 2017 - 07:00am

Researchers at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research will play a key role in a new push to fight the scourge of malaria in the Asia-Pacific region.
Monkey malaria researcher named NT Young Tall Poppy

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October 12, 2017 - 17:30pm

Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) clinical research fellow Dr Matthew Grigg has been named the 2017 NT Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year in recognition for ongoing research into Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi) malaria, a type of monkey malaria transmitted to humans via mosquitos in Southeast Asia.
New Australian-led malaria research powerhouse gears up to hunt down malaria across the Asia-Pacific

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October 11, 2017 - 09:00am

Australia will take a leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region in a new initiative to help our nearest neighbours rid the scourge of malaria, in a new National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination.
Curious Darwin: Why is there no malaria in Australia's northern capital?

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September 26, 2017 - 07:00am

Professor Ric Price is an expert in malaria who works at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. He said the victory over malaria was a result of prompt and effective diagnosis, actions to control mosquito numbers, and close follow-up of people who returned home from overseas who were sick with malaria.
Malaria parasite spreads from howler monkeys to humans

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September 01, 2017 - 16:44pm

Matthew J Grigg, of the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia and Georges Snounou, of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, say it is imperative that studies establish whether this is the simium parasite or whether it might be a reservoir of vivax in Brazilian monkeys, which “would pose a substantial threat to malaria elimination throughout the continent and possibly beyond”
Weeding out Malaria

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May 19, 2017 - 16:24pm

A study led by the Menzies School of Health Research recommends a two-stage treatment for the notoriously difficult-to-cure Plasmodium vivax malaria
Study emphasises the need for radical cure of vivax malaria

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May 17, 2017 - 03:30am

A study into the treatment of the difficult-to-cure Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia.
Scientists complete the genome sequences of malaria parasites

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January 26, 2017 - 06:00am

An international team of scientists has sequenced the genomes of the final two species of malaria parasites. The findings have important implications for malaria eradication worldwide and will help researchers to develop new drugs and a vaccine.
$2m grant to combat drug resistant malaria and tuberculosis

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October 07, 2016 - 16:15pm

A $2m research grant to work towards the prevention, control and elimination of malaria and tuberculosis (TB) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific has been awarded to a consortium led by Menzies School of Health Research, in collaboration with Burnet Institute, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced today.
2016 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards

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July 14, 2016 - 13:00pm

Two inspiring health researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) were awarded prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Awards last night in Canberra.
TerritoryQ: War on Malaria, Prof Ric Price and Prof Nicholas Anstey

Date

April 01, 2015 - 03:20am

A medical team based in Darwin has put itself at the centre of the goal to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific
Research discovers a hidden burden of vivax malaria parasites causing severe malaria

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January 23, 2015 - 10:59am

New research into the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax has provided insights into why people infected with this malaria species may develop severe disease.
Research reveals extent of drug resistant vivax malaria

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September 15, 2014 - 08:58am

New research into the extent and nature of drug resistant malaria is hoping to benefit the millions of people worldwide who suffer from the potential deadly disease.
Menzies contributes to key antimalarial recommendations from multinational network

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December 04, 2013 - 10:00am

A new study by a global collaborative platform for scientists and clinical researchers hopes to address antimalarial drug resistance which continues to hamper malaria control programs.
ABC AM: New research into fighting malaria

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April 29, 2013 - 12:00pm

Scientists say new research into malaria will help provide new ways to combat the deadly disease.
Radio Australia: Hopes that genetic mapping will outwit malaria parasite

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April 29, 2013 - 12:00pm

Scientists say new research into the malaria parasite will provide drugs to combat the ways it's evolving to gain resistance to the current range of anti-malaria medicine.
Aljazeera News: Call for global action to tackle Malaria

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December 17, 2012 - 12:00pm

Countries around the world need to do more to fight the spread of malaria, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Menzies secures critical funding for malaria and tropical health research

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October 19, 2012 - 12:00pm

The millions of people worldwide who suffer from malaria and other tropical infections each year will benefit from the awarding of a federal fellowship to one of the country's leading clinical researchers in tropical health.
Highest award for ground-breaking research into severe malaria

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October 15, 2011 - 12:00pm

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