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These mosquitoes carry a malaria parasite that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year

Auckland researchers fight to stop mutating malaria video

The race is on to stop a new and deadly form of malaria spreading after it developed a resistance to treatment.

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Kiwi scientist combats malaria video

A Kiwi scientist has contributed to a breakthrough in the effort to cure malaria.

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A health worker checks a blood sample for malaria in the only hospital in Pailin in western Cambodia (Reuters file)

New malaria method could boost drug production

German scientists have developed a new way to make a key malaria drug that they say could easily quadruple production and drop the price significantly, increasing the availability of treatment for a disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.

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Breakthrough in the fight against malaria video

An international team of scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in the fight against malaria. The disease kills almost one million people every year.

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A child is given an injection as part of a malaria vaccine trial (Reuters)

Huge step taken towards malaria cure, vaccine video

At last, scientists have worked out how the malaria parasite invades human blood cells.

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There are still more than 220 million new cases of malaria each year (Reuters file)

Scientists: Stinky sock smell helps fight malaria

What do mosquitoes like more than clean, human skin? Stinky socks. Scientists think the musky odour of human feet can be used to attract and kill mosquitoes that carry deadly malaria.

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A health worker checks a blood sample for malaria in the only hospital in Pailin in western Cambodia (Reuters)

Genetically modified fungus to fight malaria

In a cramped London laboratory filled with test tubes, bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus.

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