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The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Enhancing antibody induction may improve the protective efficacy of RTS,S and researchers find that more gametocytes are produced when human infection is initiated by blood-stage parasites compared to mosquito bite. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. The FDA issue an emergency use authorisation for the anti-malarial drug chloroquine, allowing for it to be used to treat certain hospitalised patients with COVID-19. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Scientists evaluate chloroquine as a potential treatment for the coronavirus and, as it continues to spread around the world, a report in The Lancet stresses the need for preparedness in malaria-endemic regions. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. A protein called PIMMS43 enables the malaria parasite to evade the mosquito’s immune system and scientists describe a highly conserved protein in the malaria parasite that is essential for the invasion of red blood cells. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. The global supply chain linked to deforestation leads to an increase in malaria prevalence and scientists identify the mechanism of action of clemastine, an antihistamine that inhibits multiple stages of the malaria parasite’s lifecycle. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Researchers target Plasmepsin proteases as resistance to ACT grows, and the process by which the malaria parasite suppresses the immune system is detailed by scientists. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. The Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference takes place in Australia, and a study into the long-term side effects of antimalarials could not identify any sufficient evidence of association between malaria prophylaxis and adverse health effects. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Scientists identify two proteins that are essential for the malaria parasite’s genetic malleability, and the substance responsible for ‘rosette’ formation in human red blood cells is identified. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Scientists find that the EphA2 protein mediates a critical stage of cerebral malaria and data scientists construct a statistical modelling framework of malaria seasonality in Madagascar. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Scientists identify the process by which the malaria parasite imports sugar, a potential target for inhibiting parasitic development. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Use of the tobacco mosaic virus platform to administer malaria antigens induces high and durable efficacy in macaques and individuals with an African-centric genetic variation may have an improved response to malaria. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Malaria antibodies in pregnant women may be a marker of exposure, not protection, from malaria and a combination of antimalarial drugs is less efficacious than if used in tandem. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Single-cell genome processing yields surprising results about the origin of complex malaria and study finds that the management of malaria in children at schools is ineffective. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. A mechanism of resistance to artemisinin is identified and researchers find that breastfeeding could help to prevent malaria in babies. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Researchers from the Pasteur Institute discover molecules that can kill the malaria parasite and researchers from LSTM identify a resistance mechanism for insecticides used on bed nets. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Gene drives prove most efficient in the introduction of a transgene in populations of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall institute identify a new drug which blocks plasmepsin, a critical enzyme in gametocyte production. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. The Gavi Alliance grant an additional $11.6 million in funding to extend clinical trials of the RTS,S vaccine. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. The WHO publish their annual World Malaria Report which, this year, places emphasis on protecting pregnant women and children from malaria. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. A genome of the European lineage of P. vivax malaria is generated by scientists and engineers develop an artificially-intelligent microscope for malaria diagnosis. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute