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New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Children
February 3, 2010
Reuters
A new vaccine showed promise at protecting young children from malaria, offering a potential new weapon against a disease that kills at least 1 million people each year, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
In a study of 100 West African children aged 1 to 6, the experimental vaccine produced immune responses similar to or even higher than those of adults infected by malaria all their lives.
The vaccine, which uses an immune system booster called an adjuvant from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L)(GSK.N), targets the malaria parasite as it is actively infecting red blood cells and causing fever and illness.
© Thomson Reuters 2010
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category: Member Organization News : General Health News
contributed by Winnie Mutch on 4 February 2010
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