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…which is good news. Except that I will probably have to re-think my project since I was expecting on collecting at least 100 malaria-positive blood samples for my analysis.
-tmt
I came across this paper by Jacques Prudhomme and Karine Le Roche (of P. falciparum transcriptome fame) in which they give evidence that a compound derived from the marine actinomycete Salinospora tropica called salinosporamide A inhibits the parasite proteosome and effectively kills P. yoelii yoelii in an in vivo mouse model.
A recent issue of Science (May 23) titled “Microbial Worlds” had an article on sponges on page 1028. Apparently, multiple, unrelated species of sponges produce a chemical called manzamine A that has anti-malarial properties reported to be more efficient than chloroquine or artemisinin at killing parasites. The chemical is actually produced by a certain bacteria that grows on sponges.
This is the most recent review I found:
Here’s a NYT article about os indios in Acre State, Brasil.
If finished the first draft of my Zambia project proposal–now I have to figure out where to submit this thing to get some funding.
I will put a link to the PDF up soon.
